Binondo
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Binondo, with the older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.
Pronunciation edit
- (Philippine) IPA(key): /bɪˈnondo/
Proper noun edit
Binondo
- Binondo (a district of Manila, Philippines)
- Synonym: Manila Chinatown
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Etymology edit
From an older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.
Pronunciation edit
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Binondo ?
- Binondo (a district of Manila, Philippines)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Binondo, with the older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + tundok (compare Tondo), according to Potet.
Pronunciation edit
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Binondo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)
- Binondo (a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines)
Further reading edit
- Binondo on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl
- “Binondo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018