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English
Proper noun
Capistrano
- (informal) The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
- a. 2003, Talmage Powell, "Survival Exercise", in, 2003, Kit Duane, editor, The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138,
- I felt the sick certainty that the thing had antennae, a sense unknown to human beings—a guidance system like the sonar of a bat, the instinct of a Capistrano swallow, the built-in controls of an SAM missile.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish. After Saint John of Capestrano.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ca‧pis‧tra‧no
- IPA(key): /ˌkapisˈtɾano/
Proper noun
Capistrano
- a surname from Spanish
- a male given name
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, in honor of St. John to Capestrano.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Capistrano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈᜓ)
- a Christian surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Capistrano is the 261st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 28,549 individuals.