Ponce

See also: ponce and poncé

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Poncebor.

English Ponce

Borrowed from Spanish Ponce.

Proper noun

Ponce

A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.

Anagrams

Copen, NOPEC

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Pon‧ce

Proper noun

Ponce

a surname from Spanish

French

Alternative forms

Pons

Etymology

From the medieval personal name Ponce, ultimately from Latin Pontius.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ̃s/
Homophones: ponce, ponces

Proper noun

Ponce m

a male given name from Latin

Paronyms

References

^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponce”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Spanish

Etymology

First attested in 1646. The surname is from the medieval personal name Ponce, ultimately from Latin Pontius.^[1] The city is named after Spanish administrator Juan Ponce de León y Loayza.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈponθe/ [ˈpõn̟.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA^(key): /ˈponse/ [ˈpõn.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -onθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
Rhymes: -onse (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: Pon‧ce

Proper noun

Ponce m

a city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States. [From 1646]
Synonyms: (nickname) La Perla del Sur, (nickname) Ciudad Señorial

Derived terms

ponceña
ponceño

Proper noun

Ponce m or f by sense

a surname

References

^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponce”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

[1] Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponce”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

[2] Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponce”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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