# Buscemi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /buːˈsɛmi/ · frequency rank #57,269

## Definitions
1. Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).
2. a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry

## Etymology
From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

## Source
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