Osmeña
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Etymology
From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) + -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Osmeña (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]
Etymology
From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) + -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔosˈmenja/ [ʔosˈmɛː.ɲɐ]
- Rhymes: -enja
- Syllabification: Os‧me‧ña
Proper noun
Osmeña (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]
See also
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