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English
Etymology
From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (“the Surigao River”), from suligao (“springwater”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Surigao
- A former province of the Philippines.
- Short for Surigao City (A city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧gao
- IPA(key): /suˈɾiɡaw/
Proper noun
Surigao
- Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)
- Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
- a surname from Cebuano
References
- ^ 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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Surigáo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔)
- Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
- Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)
References
- ^ 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