Avanceña

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish Avanceña, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā, “Avicenna”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔavanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.vɐnˈsɛ.ɲɐ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ʔabanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.bɐnˈsɛ.ɲɐ]
  • Rhymes: -enja
  • Syllabification: A‧van‧ce‧ña

Proper noun[edit]

Avanceña (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

Statistics[edit]

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Avanceña (or Avancena) is the 2,027th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,671 individuals.
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