santakrusan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• santacruzan — Spanish-based orthography, common

Etymology

From Santa Cruz +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /santaˈkɾusan/ [sɐn̪.t̪ɐˈkɾuː.sɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -usan
• Syllabification: san‧ta‧kru‧san

Noun

santakrusan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔)

1. (Catholicism) Santacruzan (religious procession on the last day of Flores de Mayo commemorating Helena of Constantinople's search for the Holy Cross and featuring a pageant of girls in special costumes)

   Synonym: santakrus-de-mayo

See also

• Reyna Elena
• sagala
• Flores de Mayo
• Tres Marias

Further reading

• “santakrusan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santacruzan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl