Peña

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Peña

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Peña.

proper noun

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.

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"Peña." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pe%C3%B1a. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Peña. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pe%C3%B1a

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"Peña." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pe%C3%B1a.

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@misc{pen_a_2026,
  title = {Peña},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pe%C3%B1a},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}