Cinco
[ˈsiŋkoʊ]Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese for 'five'; also a Philippine surname from Hokkien
Background Story
Cinco is Spanish and Portuguese for 'five'. As a surname it comes ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco or Singco, transcriptions in Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with the 哥 (ko) honorific appended to one of the given-name syllables of the family's original patriarch, used as a surname since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.
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