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Maguindanao
Etymology
From bilanggo + -an.
Noun
bilangguan (Jawi spelling بِلَڠْگُاَنْ)
- prison; jail
Tagalog
Etymology
From bilanggo + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
bilangguan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)
- prison; jail
- Synonyms: kulungan, piitan, preso, bilibid, bahay-na-bato, kalaboso, karsel, hawla
Further reading
- “bilangguan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 146: “Carçel) Bilangoan (pp) o la caſa del bilango, y de eſte ſale, el cual bilango como antiguamente era alguaçil del dato aunque ſin vara, era ſu [caſa la] carçel”