Leyte

See also: leyte

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪti, ˈleɪteɪ/

Proper noun

Leyte

1. An island in the Philippines.
2. A province of the Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tacloban.
3. A municipality of Leyte, Philippines.

Derived terms

• Leyte Gulf
• Northern Leyte
• Southern Leyte

Translations

island in the Philippines

• Arabic: ليتي
• Azerbaijani: Leyte
• Belarusian: Лейтэ (Ljejte)
• Bulgarian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Cebuano: Leyte
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷伊泰 (leoi⁴ ji¹ taai³)

  Hokkien: 禮智／礼智 (Lé-tì)

  Mandarin: 萊特／莱特 (zh) (Láitè) (mainland China), 雷伊泰 (Lěiyītài) (Hong Kong, Taiwan), 禮智／礼智 (Lǐzhì) (Philippines)

• Czech: Leyte
• Dutch: Leyte
• Estonian: Leyte
• Finnish: Leyte
• French: Leyte
• German: Leyte
• Greek: Λέιτε (el) (Léite)
• Hebrew: לייתה
• Hindi: लेयते (leyte)
• Indonesian: Leyte
• Japanese: レイテ (Reite)
• Korean: 레이테 (reite)
• Lithuanian: Leitė
• Macedonian: Лејте (Lejte)
• Persian: ليتي
• Portuguese: Leyte
• Russian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лејте

  Roman: Leyte

• Spanish: Leyte
• Tagalog: Leyte
• Thai: เลย์เต
• Ukrainian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Urdu: ليتي
• Vietnamese: Leyte
• Waray-Waray: Leyte

province of the Philippines

• Arabic: ليتي
• Azerbaijani: Leyte
• Belarusian: Лейтэ (Ljejte)
• Bulgarian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Cebuano: Leyte
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷伊泰 (leoi⁴ ji¹ taai³) (Hong Kong)

  Hokkien: 禮智／礼智 (Lé-tì)

  Mandarin: 萊特／莱特 (zh) (Láitè) (mainland China), 雷伊泰 (Lěiyītài) (Hong Kong, Taiwan), 禮智／礼智 (Lǐzhì) (Philippines)

• Czech: Leyte
• Dutch: Leyte
• Estonian: Leyte
• Finnish: Leyte
• French: Leyte
• German: Leyte
• Greek: Λέιτε (el) (Léite)
• Hebrew: לייתה
• Hindi: लेयते (leyte)
• Indonesian: Leyte
• Japanese: レイテ (Reite)
• Korean: 레이테 (reite)
• Lithuanian: Leitė
• Macedonian: Лејте (Lejte)
• Persian: ليتي
• Portuguese: Leyte
• Russian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лејте

  Roman: Leyte

• Spanish: Leyte
• Tagalog: Leyte
• Thai: เลย์เต
• Ukrainian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Urdu: ليتي
• Vietnamese: Leyte
• Waray-Waray: Leyte

Cebuano

Proper noun

Leyte

1. Leyte (an island in the Philippines)
2. (historical) the province of Leyte now divided into Leyte and Southern Leyte
3. the present day Leyte (a province of the Philippines)
4. Leyte (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines)
5. a surname

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleite/ [ˈlei̯.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -eite
• Syllabification: Ley‧te

Proper noun

Leyte ?

1. Leyte (an island in the Philippines)
2. Leyte (a province of the Philippines)

   Synonym: Leyte Norte

3. Leyte (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Leyte del Sur
• Leyte Norte
• leyteño

 

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejte/, [ˈlɛɪ̯.tɛ]
• Hyphenation: Ley‧te

Proper noun

Leyte (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. Leyte (a province of the Philippines)

   Synonym: Hilagang Leyte

2. Leyte (an island in the Philippines)
3. Leyte (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Hilagang Leyte
• Katimugang Leyte
• Timog Leyte