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Chinese
Etymology
From Old Tagalog lusong.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
呂宋
- (~島) Luzon (an island in the Philippines)
- (~國) (archaic) the Philippines
- (~市) (obsolete) Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
- (Mexico and American (–1980) Cantonese) Mexico (a country)
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References
- Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia: “Mexico/the Philippines: luih-łung: 呂宋 / 吕宋 (Lǚsòng)”
- 李大明 (2013 July 18) “墨西哥老华侨堪称“语言活化石” 乡音难改古语溜”, in 新浪新聞
- Macgowan, John (1883) “Luzon”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 287
- Macgowan, John (1883) “Philippines”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 379
- Macgowan, John (1883) “Manilla”, in English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy & London: A. A. Marcal and Trubner & Co. 57 Ludgate Hill, page 293
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Tagalog Lusong.
Proper noun
呂宋 • (Ruson)
- Alternative spelling of ルソン (“Luzon; the Philippines”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Tagalog Lusong.
Proper noun
呂宋 • (Rusun)
- Alternative spelling of ルスン (“Luzon; the Philippines”)