Candelaria
See also: Candelária
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Candelaria.
Proper noun edit
Candelaria
- A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
- A village in the Chimaltenango department, Guatemala.
- 1996, Mary Richardson Miller, The Women of Candelaria, San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, page 9:
- In the highlands of Guatemala there is a dirt and stone road that runs from the pueblo of San Martin Jilotepeque to the village of Candelaria.
- A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador
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Translations edit
ranchería in Mexico
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From candela (“candle”) + -ario + -a, shortened from Virgen de la Candelaria, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Virgin of Candelaria."
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Candelaria f (plural Candelarias)
- Candlemas (Christian feast)
Proper noun edit
Candelaria f
- a female given name
- Candelaria (ranchería in Mexico)
- Candelaria (a village in Guatemala)
- A town in Artemisa, Cuba
- A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Candelaria (“Candlemas”), mostly a reference to the Virgin of Candelaria, an epithet of the Virgin Mary common in Latin America.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kandeˈlaɾja/, [kɐn.dɛˈlaɾ.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -aɾja
- Syllabification: Can‧de‧lar‧ia
Proper noun edit
Candelaria (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜇ᜔ᜌ)
- Candelaria (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
- Candelaria (a municipality of Zambales, Philippines)
- a female given name from Spanish, a reference to the Virgin of Candelaria
- a religious surname from Spanish