santakrusan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- santacruzan — Spanish-based orthography, common
Etymology
From Santa Cruz + -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /santaˈkɾusan/ [sɐn.tɐˈkɾu.sɐn]
- Rhymes: -usan
- Syllabification: san‧ta‧kru‧san
Noun
santakrusan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔)
- (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
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