Encarnación

See also: encarnación

Spanish

Etymology

From encarnación (“incarnation”), shortened from María (de la) Encarnación, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enkaɾnaˈθjon/ [ẽŋ.kaɾ.naˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /enkaɾnaˈsjon/ [ẽŋ.kaɾ.naˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: En‧car‧na‧ción

Proper noun

Encarnación f

  1. a female given name
  2. a city in southern Paraguay

Derived terms

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