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Fontana

Fontana proper noun: a surname from the Romance languages.

Proper noun

Fontana (countable and uncountable, plural Fontanas)

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.
  2. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
  3. A minor city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, named for a spring.
  4. A city in Chaco province, Argentina; derived from the surname.
    Synonyms:
    Comandante Fontana
  5. A village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta.
  6. A neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia.

Synonyms of Fontana

  • Comandante Fontana

Forms of Fontana

pluralFontanas

Origin of Fontana

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

Questions about Fontana

What does Fontana mean?
Fontana means a surname from the Romance languages.
What part of speech is Fontana?
Fontana is a proper noun.

Words near Fontana in the dictionary

  1. fontal
  2. fontally
  3. Fontan
  4. Fontan procedure
  5. Fontan procedures
  6. Fontana
  7. Fontanas
  8. fontanel
  9. fontanellar
  10. fontanelle
  11. fontanelles

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