Asuncion

See also: Asunción, and asunción

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Asunción.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧sun‧cion

Proper noun

Asuncion

1. a female given name
2. a surname from Spanish
3. a municipality of Davao Del Norte, Philippines

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Asuncion.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Asunción, from asunción (“assumption (of Mary to heaven)”), in reference to the Our Lady of the Assumption (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), a religious epithet for Mary.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasunsiˈon/ [ʔɐ.sʊn̪ˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔasunsiˈon/ [ʔɐ.sʊn̪ˈsjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: A‧sun‧ci‧on
• Homophone: Asunsiyon

Proper noun

Asunción (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish, the 81st most common in the Philippines
2. A municipality of Davao del Norte, Philippines