Soto

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See also: soto, SOTO, sóto, sōto, and sōtō

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 曹洞.

Proper noun

Soto

  1. A school of Zen Buddhism in Japan, based on gradual attainment of enlightenment through meditation.

See also

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Soto

  1. Alternative form of Sotho

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Papiamentu Soto. Named after Anthony of Padua, the patron of the local parish church.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoː.toː/
  • Hyphenation: So‧to

Proper noun

Soto n

  1. A village in Curaçao.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Soto m (Cyrillic spelling Сото)

  1. a male given name

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoto/
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: So‧to

Proper noun

Soto m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • Cebuano: Sotto
  • Kapampangan: Sotto
  • Tagalog: Sotto