Batangas
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“wooden raft”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɑˈtæŋɡæs/
Proper noun edit
Batangas
- A province of the Philippines.
- The capital city of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality
- Synonym: Batangas City
Translations edit
province of the Philippines
city in the Philippines
Further reading edit
- Batangas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Batangas City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano edit
Proper noun edit
Batangas
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) + -an (“place marker suffix”), after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Batangas f
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Derived terms edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) + -an (“place marker suffix”). The province is named by the Spaniards after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈtaŋɡas/, [bɐˈtaŋ.ɡɐs]
- Rhymes: -aŋɡas
- Syllabification: Ba‧tan‧gas
Proper noun edit
Batangas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Batangas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Batangas on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl
- Lungsod ng Batangas on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl