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Tagalog
Etymology
From dagat + ka- -an. Compare Cebuano kadagatan.
Pronunciation
Noun
karagatán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔)
- ocean
- Synonyms: (rare) oseano, (rare) neptuno
- deep sea; midsea; high seas
- Synonyms: laot, (obsolete) wala
- (literary, historical) type of poetic battle, usually done on wakes, based on the loss by a princess of her ring in midsea
Derived terms
Further reading
- “karagatan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “karagatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 458.
Yogad
Etymology
From dagat + ka- -an.
Noun
karagatán
- seashore; beach; place with plentiful sand