Ledesma

Meaning

1. (feminine) a town and municipality, a in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain
2. (feminine) a surname derived from the town in Salamanca, Spain

Concepts

Ledesma

Hyphenated as

Le‧des‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leˈdesma/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: Bletisama

In summary

Inherited from Latin Bletisama, from a local Celtic language. A superlative in *-isamos from either Proto-Celtic *ɸletisamā (“the broadest one”), from *ɸletos (“breadth”); or from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitisamā (“the greyest one”), from *ɸleitos (“grey”).