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Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) + -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Os‧me‧ña
- IPA(key): /ʔosˈmeɲa/
Proper noun
Osmeña (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- a surname from Spanish
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) + -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Osmeña (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- a surname from Spanish
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