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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish distancia.
Noun
distánsya
- distance, remoteness
- an interval of time or space
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
distansya (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)
- Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of distansiya.
Usage notes
- This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel when at the start of a word or when following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.