Catanduanes

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English

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Catanduanes

  1. A province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Virac.
  2. An island of Luzon, Philippines, situated to the east of the Bicol Peninsula

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /katanduˈʔanes/
  • IPA(key): /katanduˈanes/
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧tan‧du‧a‧nes

Proper noun

Catanduánes (Basahan spelling ᜃᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜀᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. Catanduanes (a province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)
  2. Catanduanes (an island of Luzon, Philippines, situated to the east of the Bicol Peninsula)

Cebuano

Proper noun

Catanduanes

  1. Catanduanes (a province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)
  2. Catanduanes (an island of Luzon, Philippines, situated to the east of the Bicol Peninsula)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Catanduanes, plural of catanduan, the Hispanicized spelling of katanduan (probably a word from one of the Bikol languages), from tando (native click beetle that was once abundant throughout Catanduanes) +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Catanduanes (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜈᜒᜐ᜔ or ᜃᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜀᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. Catanduanes (a province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)
  2. Catanduanes (an island of Luzon, Philippines, situated to the east of the Bicol Peninsula)

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