San Juan
English
Pronunciation
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌsan ˈhwan/
Audio (Philippines): (file)
Proper noun
- A province towards the northwest of Argentina.
- A city, the capital of San Juan province, Argentina.
- An independent city part of Metro Manila, Philippines.
- A municipality of Siquijor, Central Visayas, Philippines.
- The capital city of Puerto Rico.
- A river in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
- A surname from Spanish.
Derived terms
- San Juan Capistrano
- San Juan County
- San Juan Mountains
Translations
various city and province names
Cebuano
Proper noun
- a municipality of Siquijor
- a barangay of Tuburan, Cebu, Philippines
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:San Juan.
Spanish
Etymology
The places are named after Saint John.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsan ˈxwan/ [ˌsãŋ ˈxwãn]
- Syllabification: San Juan
Proper noun
- the name Saint John
- sometimes short for the name San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”)
- several places named after Saint John or Saint John the Baptist
- San Juan (the capital city of Puerto Rico)
- San Juan (an independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality in eastern Batangas, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
- San Juan (a province of Argentina)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- San Juan on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish San Juan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌsan huˈan/ [ˌsan̪ ˈhwan̪]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: San Ju‧an
Proper noun
San Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
- (biblical) Saint John
- several locations in the Philippines named after St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist:
- San Juan (an independent city, part of Metro Manila, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality in eastern Batangas, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
- San Juan (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
- San Juan (the capital city of Puerto Rico)
- a Christian surname from Spanish, taken from the saint