Bonifacio

See also: Bonifácio, and Bônifaciô

English

Etymology

From Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌboʊniˈfɑːʃoʊ/, enPR: bō'nē-fäʹchō
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəʊniːˈfɑːtʃəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtʃəʊ

Proper noun

Bonifacio

1. A city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France.

Derived terms

• Strait of Bonifacio
• Andres Bonifacio

Translations

city in Corsica

• Armenian: Բոնիֆաչո (hy) (Bonifačʻo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博尼法喬／博尼法乔 (Bónífǎqiáo)

• Corsican: Bonifaziu m, Bunifaziu m, Bonifaciu m
• French: Bonifacio (fr) m
• Gallurese: Bunifaciu m
• Italian: Bonifacio (it) m
• Japanese: ボニファーチョ (Bonifācho) (Italian form), ボニファシオ (Bonifashio) (French form)
• Korean: 보니파시오 (Bonipasio)
• Latin: Bonifācium n (New Latin), Bonifātium n
• Ligurian: Bonifaçio m, (locally) Bunifazziu m
• Marathi: बॉनिफास्यो n (bŏniphāsyo)
• Sardinian: Bonifàtziu m
• Sassarese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Bonifacio (es) m
• Thai: โบนิฟาโช (boo-ní-faa-choo)

Further reading

• Bonifacio, Corsica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.ni.fa.sjo/
• Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

1. Bonifacio (a city and commune of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica)

Derived terms

• bonifacien; Bonifacien m, Bonifacienne f
• Bouches de Bonifacio f pl

Italian

Alternative forms

• Bonifazio m (given name)

Etymology

From Late Latin Bonifātius (literally “the one with a good fate”). The city was named named after Boniface II of Tuscany (?–838).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.niˈfa.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ni‧fà‧cio

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

2. (masculine) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Boniface
4. (feminine) Bonifacio (a city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica)

Derived terms

• Bocche di Bonifacio f pl
• bonifacino

Anagrams

• cinofobia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boniˈfaθjo/ [bo.niˈfa.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boniˈfasjo/ [bo.niˈfa.sjo]
• Rhymes: -aθjo
• Rhymes: -asjo
• Syllabification: Bo‧ni‧fa‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin Bonifātius (literally “the one with a good fate”).

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Boniface

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany.

Proper noun

Bonifacio f

1. Bonifacio (a city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica)

Derived terms

• estrecho de Bonifacio m

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius (literally “the one with a good fate”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boniˈfasjo/ [bo.n̪ɪˈfaː.ʃo]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /boniˈpasjo/ [bo.n̪ɪˈpaː.ʃo], (more native-sounding, no yod coalescence) /boniˈpasjo/ [bo.n̪ɪˈpas.jo]
• Rhymes: -asjo
• Syllabification: Bo‧ni‧fac‧io

Proper noun

Bonifacio (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the given name]
2. Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897, Filipino revolutionary and politician)
3. (usually dated) a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Boniface