Surigao

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English

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Surigao

  1. A former province of the Philippines.
  2. Short for Surigao City (A city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao, volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧gao
  • IPA(key): /suˈɾiɡaw/

Proper noun

Surigao

  1. Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)
  2. Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
  3. a surname from Cebuano

References

  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao, volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

Tagalog

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Surigáo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
  2. Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)

References

  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao, volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

Further reading

  • Surigao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018