barangay
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/
Noun
[edit]barangay (plural barangays) (Philippines)
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
- Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)
Synonyms
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[edit]Bikol Central
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]barangáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍᜅᜌ᜔)
- The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]barangay
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Hiligaynon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]barangáy
- the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
Maranao
[edit]Noun
[edit]barangay
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]barangay m (plural barangayes)
Further reading
[edit]- “barangay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish barangay, where the /ŋ/ sound developed into a /ŋɡ/ sound, from balangay (“a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines”). Doublet of balangay.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay
Noun
[edit]barangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜌ᜔)
- barangay (the smallest administrative division in the Philippines, a subdivision of cities and municipalities)
- (historical) local polity or settlement during the Philippine precolonial period
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “barangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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