Mercedes La Ceiba
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Mercedes La Ceiba.
Proper noun
[edit]Mercedes La Ceiba
- A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador
Translations
[edit]town in El Salvador
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “Mercedes the silk-cotton tree”, from mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /meɾˌθedes la ˈθeiba/ [meɾˌθe.ð̞es la ˈθei̯.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾˌsedes la ˈseiba/ [meɾˌse.ð̞es la ˈsei̯.β̞a]
- Syllabification: Mer‧ce‧des La Cei‧ba
Proper noun
[edit]- A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador
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- es:Towns in El Salvador
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