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

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 palatal assimilation) /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
3. the capital city of Paraguay