Osmeña

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Os‧me‧ña
  • IPA(key): /ʔosˈmeɲa/, [ʔɔs̪ˈmi.ɲʌ]

Proper noun[edit]

Osmeña (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Osmeña (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

See also[edit]