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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish agua de Colonia, calque of French eau de Cologne, coined by Italian parfumier Johann Maria Farina in 1742, who lived in Cologne.
Pronunciation
Noun
agwa-kolonya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- cologne; eau de Cologne
- Synonym: kolonya
See also
Further reading
- “agwa-kolonya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 17