# Bianca
## English
### Etymology

From Italian Bianca, equivalent of English Blanche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈæŋkə/, /biˈɑŋkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Bianca (countable and uncountable, plural Biancas)
* A female given name from Italian.
** c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole! He that runs fastest gets the ring.
* A surname from Italian.
* (astronomy) A moon of Uranus.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Bianca is the 38640th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 572 individuals. Bianca is most common among White (89.86%) individuals.

### See also

* Blanche

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bianca”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 154.

### Anagrams

* Abanic, Bacani

## Danish
### Etymology

Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Proper noun

Bianca
* a female given name

## French
### Etymology

Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bianca f
* a female given name, variant of Blanche

## German
### Alternative forms

* Bianka

### Etymology

Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bianca
* a female given name

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi(j)aŋka/, /ˈbj-/

### Proper noun

Bianca
* a female given name from Italian, equivalent to English Blanche
    Bianca Astrid Hello, b. 2001

## Italian
### Etymology

From bianca, feminine singular form of bianco (“white”, adjective).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjan.ka/
* Rhymes: -anka
* Hyphenation: Biàn‧ca

### Proper noun

Bianca f
* a female given name, masculine equivalent Bianco, equivalent to English Blanche

#### Descendants

* → English: Bianca
* → Danish: Bianca
* → German: Bianca

### Proper noun

Bianca m or f by sense
* a surname originating as a matronymic

#### Coordinate terms

* Bianco

### Further reading

* Bianca (nome) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Anagrams

* bancai, cabina

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Italian Bianca. Doublet of branca and Branca.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /biˈɐ̃.kɐ/ [bɪˈɐ̃.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjɐ̃.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /biˈɐ̃.kɐ/ [bɪˈɐ̃.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjɐ̃.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /biˈɐ̃.ka/ [bɪˈɐ̃.ka], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbjɐ̃.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbjɐ̃.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: Bi‧an‧ca

### Proper noun

Bianca f
* a female given name from Italian

#### Derived terms

* Bia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bianca f
* a female given name

## Spanish
### Etymology

Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjanka/ [ˈbjãŋ.ka]
* Rhymes: -anka
* Syllabification: Bian‧ca

### Proper noun

Bianca f
* a female given name

## Turkish
### Proper noun

Bianca
* (astronomy) Bianca