# Palermo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ/ · frequency rank #25,512

## Definitions
1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo.
3. A former province of Sicily, Italy.
4. A large neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A habitational surname

## Etymology
From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

## Easily confused with
- **Paterno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palermo-vs-paterno)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aplermo`, `paelrmo`, `palemro`, `palermmo`, `palerom`, `palerrmo`, `pallermo`, `palremo`, `plaermo`, `ppalermo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/palermo