Candelaria

Borrowed from Spanish Candelaria.

Candelaria

1. A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2. A village in the Chimaltenango department, Guatemala.
   • 1996, Mary Richardson Miller, The Women of Candelaria, San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, page 9:

     In the highlands of Guatemala there is a dirt and stone road that runs from the pueblo of San Martin Jilotepeque to the village of Candelaria.

3. A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador

From candela (“candle”) +‎ -ario +‎ -a, shortened from Virgen de la Candelaria, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Virgin of Candelaria."

• IPA^(key): /kandeˈlaɾja/ [kãn̪.d̪eˈla.ɾja]
• (Mexico)

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• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: Can‧de‧la‧ria

Candelaria f (plural Candelarias)

1. Candlemas (Christian feast)

Candelaria f

1. a female given name
2. Candelaria (ranchería in Mexico)
3. Candelaria (a village in Guatemala)
4. A town in Artemisa, Cuba
5. A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador

Borrowed from Spanish Candelaria (“Candlemas”), mostly a reference to the Virgin of Candelaria, an epithet of the Virgin Mary common in Latin America.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kandeˈlaɾja/ [kɐn.dɛˈlaɾ.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: Can‧de‧lar‧ia

Candelaria (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. Candelaria (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)
2. Candelaria (a municipality of Zambales, Philippines)
3. a female given name from Spanish, a reference to the Virgin of Candelaria
4. a religious surname from Spanish