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Spanish
Proper noun
Santo Niño m
- Christ child (child Jesus)
- Synonyms: El Niño, Niño Dios
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Santo Niño (“holy boy”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌsanto ˈninjo/ , /sanˌto ˈninjo/
- IPA(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˌsanto ˈninjo/ , (no yod coalescence) /sanˌto ˈninjo/
- Rhymes: -injo
- Syllabification: San‧to Ni‧ño
Proper noun
Santo Niño or Santó Niño (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ) (Christianity)
- Christ child (Child Jesus)
Further reading
- “Santo Niño”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018