Buscemi

Meaning

Proper Noun

• small town in the province of Syracuse Sicily (region) Italy (country)
• a surname, especially of Sicilian ancestry

Origin

• From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Late Latin Buxema, from the Arabic toponym قَلْعَةْ أَبِي‎ شَامَة, meaning “Castle of the man with the mole” or “Castle of [the family] abu Shama”.