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Pua
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Appendix:Variations of "pua"
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en es Pua, from en nan-hbl 潘 Phoaⁿ.
Proper noun
s
en Philippines en Hokkien.
Statistics
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
German
Noun
m,(s),-
de PUA, de parlamentarischer Untersuchungsausschuss
Declension
m,(s),-
Hawaiian
Etymology
From haw pua flower; child; also a short form of compound names with the element haw pua.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw female Hawaiian and a nickname
haw dated haw male Hawaiian
haw Hawaiian mythology a sorcery goddess of Molokai
Related terms
haw Kapua
haw Nāpua
haw Pualani
haw Puanani
References
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
Alternative forms
tl Poa Fua
Etymology
tl :bor es:Pua<ety:uder<nan-hbl:潘<tr:Phoaⁿ>>> 2 1 Pan,Poon
Pronunciation
+ Pwa<qq:Hokkien fluent>
Proper noun
puwa
tl Chinese Filipino Hokkien
Anagrams
tl apu upa