Sol de Mayo
English
Noun
Sol de Mayo (plural Sol de Mayos)
- Borrowed from Spanish Sol de Mayo; any instance of a Sol de Mayo, or a sun with a human-like face.
- Synonym: Sun of May
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “Sun of May”, alluding to the May Revolution in 1810.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʝo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
- IPA(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʃo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʒo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌsol de ˈmajo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Syllabification: Sol de Ma‧yo
Proper noun
- A national symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, and Ecuador, appearing on each of their flags, representing Inti, the Inca God of the Sun.
Noun
Sol de Mayo m (plural Soles de Mayo)
- (by extension) A sun with a human face.
Further reading
Sol de Mayo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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