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buscemi

/buːˈsɛmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
busce-mi
IPA
/buːˈsɛmi/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).

name

a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry

Etymology

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Buscemi, Buscema, Buxema, قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة, ء ب و

Inflected Forms

Buscema (alternative)

Rhymes With

semi emmy demi remi emmie rovaniemi clemmie salemi clemmy cangemi chillemi jemie

Questions

How do you pronounce buscemi?
The recorded pronunciation is /buːˈsɛmi/.
What does buscemi mean?
Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
Where does buscemi come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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