Sexmoán

See also: Sexmoan

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /seɡsmoˈan/ [seɣ̞z.moˈãn]
• IPA^(key): (Early Modern Spanish) /seʃmoˈan/ [seʃ.moˈãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Sex‧mo‧án

Proper noun

Sexmoán m

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