Tacloban
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English
Etymology
From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /tɐkˈlo.bɐn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tækˈloʊbən/
Proper noun
Tacloban
- A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Translations
city in the Philippines
Spanish
Etymology
From Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tacloban ?
- Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /takˈloban/
- Rhymes: -oban
- Syllabification: Tac‧lo‧ban
Proper noun
Tacloban (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜈ᜔)
- Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From earlier Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tacloban
- Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)