Peña

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pena"

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Peña.

Proper noun

Peña

  1. A surname from Spanish; alternative spelling of Pena.
    • 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts[1]:
      Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job.

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Peña. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Peña

  1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Peña

Spanish

Etymology

From peña (rock, cliff). Cognate with Portuguese Penha, Galician Pena, Catalan Penya, French Penne, Sicilian Pinna, Romanian Pană, Sardinian Pinna.

Proper noun

Peña ?

  1. Pena: a Spanish habitational surname from landforms

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Chinese: 培尼亞 / 培尼亚 (Péiníyà), 佩尼亞 / 佩尼亚 (Pèiníyà) (transliteration)
  • English: Pena