Meanings
plural Buteras
- 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
- ItalianButera
- EnglishButera
Borrowed from Italian Butera.
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Butera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera
“Butera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Butera,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Butera.
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