Bulakan

English

Etymology

From Tagalog Bulakan.

Proper noun

Bulakan

1. A municipality of Bulacan, Philippines

Translations

municipality in Bulacan, Philippines

• Cebuano: Bulakan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉幹／布拉干

• French: Bulacán
• Japanese: ブラカン
• Kapampangan: Bulakan
• Korean: 불라칸 (bullakan)
• Russian: Булакан (Bulakan)
• Spanish: Bulacán
• Tagalog: Bulakan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Bulacan — proscribed

Etymology

See Bulacan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulaˈkan/, [bʊ.lɐˈxan]
• Hyphenation: Bu‧la‧kan

Proper noun

Bulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. Bulacan (a municipality of Bulacan, Philippines)
2. (proscribed, see usage notes) Alternative form of Bulacan

Usage notes

According to a 2007 Bulacan provincial government ordinance, the spelling Bulakan is reserved for the municipality, while the spelling Bulacan is used for the province.

Related terms

• Bulakenyo

Further reading

• “Bulakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Bulakan, Bulacan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl