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Zamboanga

English edit

 
Zamboanga City, as illustrated in the Velarde Map (1734)

Etymology edit

From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (“flower garden”) or Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

Proper noun edit

Zamboanga

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in the Philippines)
  2. Any of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in the Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of the Philippines)
  5. The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎[1], retrieved 13 September 2016

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (“flower garden”) or Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

Proper noun edit

Zamboanga

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in the Philippines)
  2. either of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in the Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of the Philippines)
  5. Republic of Zamboanga

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Zamboanga.

References edit

  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎[2], retrieved 13 September 2016

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θamboˈanɡa/ [θãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /samboˈanɡa/ [sãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

Proper noun edit

Zamboanga f

  1. Zamboanga

Derived terms edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (“flower garden”) or Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /zamboˈaŋɡa/, [zɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
    • IPA(key): /samboˈaŋɡa/, [sɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ] (more native-sounding)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

Proper noun edit

Zamboanga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in the Philippines)
  2. either of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in the Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of the Philippines)
  5. Republic of Zamboanga

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎[3], retrieved 13 September 2016
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