Encarnación

See also: encarnación

Spanish

Etymology

From encarnación (“incarnation”), shortened from María (de la) Encarnación, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enkaɾnaˈθjon/ [ẽŋ.kaɾ.naˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enkaɾnaˈsjon/ [ẽŋ.kaɾ.naˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: En‧car‧na‧ción

Proper noun

Encarnación f

1. a female given name
2. A city in southern Paraguay

Derived terms

• Encarni