Asunción

• IPA^(key): /əˌsuːnsiˈɒn/, /əˌsuːnsiˈəʊn/, /ˌæsʊnˈsjɒn/

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• Hyphenation: A‧sun‧sion

Asunción

2. The capital city of Paraguay.

• incanous

• IPA^(key): [ˈasunsɪjon]

Asunción m inan (relational adjective asunciónský)

1. Asunción (the capital city of Paraguay)

• “Asunción”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈasunsioːn]

Asunción m inan (genitive singular Asuncióna or Asunciónu)

1. Asunción (the capital of Paraguay)

• “Asunción”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From asunción (“assumption (of Mary to heaven)”), shortened from María (de la) Asunción, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

• IPA^(key): /asunˈθjon/ [a.sũn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asunˈsjon/ [a.sũnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: A‧sun‧ción

Asunción f

1. a female given name from Latin
2. any of a number of places, including Asunción (the capital city of Paraguay)