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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish independencia.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: in‧de‧pen‧den‧sya
  • IPA(key): /ʔindepenˈdensja/ [ʔin̪.d̪e.pen̪ˈd̪en̪.ʃa]

Noun

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independensya

  1. Alternative form of independensiya

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔindepenˈdensja/ [ʔɪn̪.d̪ɛ.pɛn̪ˈd̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: in‧de‧pen‧dens‧ya

Noun

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independensya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of independensiya.

Usage notes

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  • This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.