Sexmoán

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hispanicized form of Kapampangan sasmuan (meeting place). Spanish ⟨x⟩, then pronounced /ʃ/ in Early Modern Spanish period, became pronounced /ks/ due to spelling pronunciation. The ⟨a⟩ transformed to ⟨e⟩ due to the Kapampangan schwa /ə/ sound.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sexmoán m

  1. former name for Sasmuan, a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines