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Etymology
From bulan (“moon”).
Proper noun
Bulan
- a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines.
Cebuano
Etymology
From bulan (“moon”).
Proper noun
Bulan
- a surname from Cebuano
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbulan/
- Rhymes: -ulan
- Syllabification: Bu‧lan
Proper noun
Bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)
- a Hanunoo community on the upper Caguray River
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano Bulan, from bulan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)
- a surname from Cebuano
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bulan is the 1,140th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,740 individuals.