name
Meaning 1
A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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esperanza
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noun
Meaning 2
yellow bells (Tecoma stans)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh1- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh1s Proto-Italic *spēs Old Latin spēs Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Old Latin -ō Old Latin *spēsō Latin spērō Latin spērāns Old Spanish esperança Spanish esperanzabor. English esperanza Borrowed from Spanish esperanza (“hope”).
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