Butera

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proper noun

A surname from Italian.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounButera (plural Buteras)

plural Buteras

  1. A surname from Italian.

    When Chris Buchleitner was still a baby, his parents made a plan for the worst-case scenario. His dad, Jack Buchleitner, came from a huge Catholic family in Pittsburgh — he was one of 10 children — and one day Jack and Dawn called Jack’s sister Mary Butera with an unusual request.

    2023 November 22, Catherine E. Shoichet, Thomas Lake, “A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2024

Origin

  1. ItalianButera
  2. EnglishButera

Borrowed from Italian Butera.

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APA

Butera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera

MLA

“Butera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Butera,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera.

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