Cinco

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proper noun

A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

OriginPhilippine Spanish Cinco →
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Meanings

proper nounCinco (plural Cincos)

plural Cincos

  1. A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Origin

  1. Philippine SpanishCinco
  2. EnglishCinco

Ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco/Singco, which are historically transcriptions following Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with honorific used as surnames since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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