Cinco

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Cinco

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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.

proper noun Cincos

A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

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"Cinco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cinco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cinco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cinco

Chicago

"Cinco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cinco.

BibTeX

@misc{cinco_2026,
  title = {Cinco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cinco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}