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Centeno

Centeno proper noun: a surname from Spanish.

Proper noun

Centeno (plural Centenos)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of Centeno

pluralCentenos
alternative formSenteno

Origin of Centeno

Borrowed from Spanish Centeno, an occupational surname for someone who grew or worked with rye, from Latin centenum, based on a notion that one stalk of rye would produce one-hundred grains.

Questions about Centeno

What does Centeno mean?
Centeno means a surname from Spanish.
What part of speech is Centeno?
Centeno is a proper noun.

Words near Centeno in the dictionary

  1. Centennial Park
  2. Centennial State
  3. centennially
  4. centennials
  5. centennium
  6. Centeno
  7. Centenos
  8. center
  9. center back
  10. center backs
  11. Center Barnstead

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