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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pua"

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ).

Proper noun

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Pua (plural Puas)

  1. (Philippines) A surname from Hokkien.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Pua is the 36099th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Pua is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.91%) and Mixed Race (11.43%) individuals.

Further reading

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  • Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pua”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

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Noun

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Pua m (strong, genitive Puas or Pua, plural Pua)

  1. alternative spelling of PUA, initialism of parlamentarischer Untersuchungsausschuss

Declension

[edit] Declension of Pua [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pua die Pua
genitive eines des Puas, Pua der Pua
dative einem dem Pua den Pua
accusative einen den Pua die Pua

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From pua (“flower; child”); also a short form of compound names with the element pua.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.a/, [ˈpu.wə]

Proper noun

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Pua

  1. a female given name from Hawaiian, and a nickname
  2. (dated) a male given name from Hawaiian
  3. (Hawaiian mythology) a sorcery goddess of Molokai
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  • Kapua
  • Nāpua
  • Pualani
  • Puanani

References

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  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 397
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Pua occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 16 women and 19 men.

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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  • Poa, Fua

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ). Doublet of Pan and Poon.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈpua/ [ˈpuː.ɐ]
      • Rhymes: -ua
      • Syllabification: Pu‧a
    • IPA(key): /ˈpwa/ [ˈpwa] (Hokkien fluent)
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: Pua

Proper noun

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Pua (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Anagrams

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  • upa

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