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Etymology

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From earlier Barbasena, came to be written with C due to seseo and eventually displacing the former. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Barbasena.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baɾbaˈsena/ [baɾ.baˈse.n̪a]

Proper noun

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Barbacena (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍ᜔ᜊᜐᜒᜈ)

  1. a surname, common in Albay (esp. Tabaco)

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Barbacena

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil