Peña

proper noun

A surname from Spanish; alternative spelling of Pena.

OriginSpanish Peña →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Spanish; alternative spelling of Pena.

    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.

    2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts

Origin

  1. SpanishPeña
  2. EnglishPeña

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Peña.

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APA

Peña. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pe%C3%B1a

MLA

“Peña.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pe%C3%B1a. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Peña,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pe%C3%B1a.

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