Concepción

See also: concepcion, concepción, and Concepcion

English

Proper noun

Concepción

1. A number of places, including:
   1. A city and commune, the capital of Concepción province, Chile.
   2. A province in Biobío region, Chile.

Spanish

Etymology

From concepción (“conception”), shortened from María (de la Inmaculada) Concepción, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθebˈθjon/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konsebˈsjon/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈsjõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Con‧cep‧ción

Proper noun

Concepción f

1. a female given name

   Synonyms: Inmaculada, Concha, Conchita

2. any of a number of places in Latin America
   1. A province of Chile
   2. (historical) A department of Chile
   3. (historical) A province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.
   4. A department of Paraguay
   5. A city in Paraguay

Derived terms

• Concepción Batres
• Concepción de Ataco
• Concepción de Oriente
• Concepción Quetzaltepeque
• concepcionero
• concepcionino
• Delicias de Concepción
• Nueva Concepción
• Oratorio de Concepción

 

See also

• Concetta

Further reading

• Immaculate Conception on Wikipedia.Wikipedia