Mercedes La Ceiba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mercedes La Ceiba.

Proper noun

Mercedes La Ceiba

1. A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador

Translations

town in El Salvador

• Spanish: Mercedes La Ceiba

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “Mercedes the silk-cotton tree”, from mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾˌθedes la ˈθeiba/ [meɾˌθe.ð̞es la ˈθei̯.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meɾˌsedes la ˈseiba/ [meɾˌse.ð̞es la ˈsei̯.β̞a]
• Syllabification: Mer‧ce‧des La Cei‧ba

Proper noun

Mercedes La Ceiba f

1. A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador