Vallarta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vallarta.

Proper noun

Vallarta (countable and uncountable, plural Vallartas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
  2. A placename
    1. Ellipsis of Puerto Vallarta: a city and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.
    2. Ellipsis of Vallarta de Bureba: a municipality of Bureba, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Vallarta is the 43732nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 493 individuals. Vallarta is most common among Hispanic/Latino (78.90%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.43%) individuals.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /baˈʝaɾta/ [baˈʝaɾ.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʎaɾta/ [baˈʎaɾ.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʃaɾta/ [baˈʃaɾ.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʒaɾta/ [baˈʒaɾ.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Syllabification: Va‧llar‧ta

Proper noun

Vallarta m or f by sense

  1. a surname, Vallarta

Proper noun

Vallarta ?

  1. a placename
    1. (Spain) ellipsis of Vallarta de Bureba: a municipality of La Bureba, Burgos, Castile y León, Spain
    2. (Mexico) ellipsis of Puerto Vallarta: a city in Jalisco, Mexico

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Vallarta
  • Chinese: 巴利亞塔 / 巴利亚塔 (Bālìyàtǎ) (transliteration)