San Juan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Juan.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˌsan ˈhwan/

• Audio (Philippines):

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Proper noun

San Juan

1. A province towards the northwest of Argentina.
2. A city, the capital of San Juan province, Argentina.
3. An independent city part of Metro Manila, Philippines.
4. A municipality of Siquijor, Central Visayas, Philippines.
5. The capital city of Puerto Rico.
6. A river in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
7. A surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• San Juan Capistrano
• San Juan County
• San Juan Hill
• San Juan Mountains

Translations

various city and province names

• Arabic: سَان خُوَان f (sān ḵuwān)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖胡安 / 圣胡安 (zh) (Shèng Hú'ān)

• Japanese: サンフアン (Sanfuan)
• Korean: 산후안 (Sanhuan)
• Marathi: सान ह्वान (sān hvān)
• Russian: Сан-Хуа́н (ru) m (San-Xuán)
• Spanish: San Juan (es)
• Vietnamese: Xan Hoan

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Juan.

Proper noun

San Juan

1. a municipality of Siquijor
2. a barangay of Tuburan, Cebu, Philippines
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Spanish

Etymology

The places are named after Saint John.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsan ˈxwan/ [ˌsãŋ ˈxwãn]
• Syllabification: San Juan

Proper noun

San Juan ?

1. (biblical) Saint John
2. sometimes short for the name San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”)
3. several places named after Saint John or Saint John the Baptist
   1. San Juan (the capital city of Puerto Rico)
   2. San Juan (an independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines)
   3. San Juan (a municipality in eastern Batangas, Philippines)
   4. San Juan (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)
   5. San Juan (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
   6. San Juan (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

• flor de San Juan
• San Juan Tuxtepec

Related terms

• bautista
• Juan Bautista
• sanjuanino

Descendants

• → Cebuano: San Juan
• → English: San Juan
• → Tagalog: San Juan

Further reading

• San Juan on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Juan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌsan huˈan/ [ˌsan̪ ˈhwan̪]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: San Ju‧an

Proper noun

San Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) Saint John
2. several locations in the Philippines named after St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist:
   1. San Juan (an independent city, part of Metro Manila, Philippines)
   2. San Juan (a municipality in eastern Batangas, Philippines)
   3. San Juan (a municipality of La Union, Philippines)
   4. San Juan (a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines)
   5. San Juan (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
3. San Juan (the capital city of Puerto Rico)
4. a Christian surname from Spanish, taken from the saint