balwarte

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish baluarte, from Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc. Doublet of bulebar and bulebard.

Pronunciation

Noun

balwarte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. bulwark; bastion; stronghold
    • 1997, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas, Volume 1, →ISBN, page 96:
      Hindi nagkataon lamang na dumanas ang mga lalawigang ito ng maraming pag-aalsang agraryo at naging malalakas na balwarte ng Rebolusyong Filipino.
      It is not only a coincidence that the provinces experienced many agrarian revolts and became strongholds of the Philippine Revolution.

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Further reading

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