Osmeña

From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) +‎ -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.

• Hyphenation: Os‧me‧ña
• IPA^(key): /ʔosˈmeɲa/ [ʔos̪ˈmi.ɲɐ]

Osmeña (Badlit spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

From Spanish Osmeña, ultimately from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) +‎ -ia. It is apparently not recorded in the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos, where most Filipinos historically derived surnames from due to a decree in 1849 by Gov-Gen. Narciso Clavería.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔosˈmenja/ [ʔosˈmɛː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔosˈmenja/ [ʔosˈmɛn̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: Os‧me‧ña

Osmeña (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

• Usman