Mercedes La Ceiba
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Mercedes La Ceiba.
Proper noun
Mercedes La Ceiba
- A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador
Translations
town in El Salvador
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Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): (Spain) /meɾˌθedes la ˈθeiba/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾˌsedes la ˈseiba/
- Syllabification: Mer‧ce‧des La Cei‧ba
Proper noun
- A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador