Tortora

See also: tortora

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Tortora.

Proper noun

Tortora (plural Tortoras)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Tortora is the 19834th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1355 individuals. Tortora is most common among White (93.28%) individuals.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.to.ra/[1][2]
  • Homophone: tortora
  • Rhymes: -ortora
  • Hyphenation: Tór‧to‧ra

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Tortora m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tortora f

  1. a comune of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy

Further reading

  • Tortora in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

  1. ^ tortora in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. ^ tortora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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