Binondo

English

Etymology

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.

Manila (1734) as depicted in the Velarde map. Binondo is illustrated on the left.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /bɪˈnon.do/

Proper noun

Binondo

1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

   Synonym: Manila Chinatown

Translations

district of Manila in the Philippines

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 岷倫洛／岷伦洛 (Bîn-lûn-lo̍h)

  Mandarin: 岷倫洛／岷伦洛 (Mínlúnluò)

• Spanish: Binondo
• Tagalog: Binondo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Minondoc (obsolete)
• Binondoc (obsolete)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /biˈnondo/ [biˈnõn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: Bi‧non‧do

Proper noun

Binondo ?

1. Binondo (a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines)

Descendants

• → Hokkien: 岷倫洛／岷伦洛 (Bîn-lûn-lo̍h)
  • → Mandarin: 岷倫洛／岷伦洛 (Mínlúnluò)
• → English: Binondo
• → Tagalog: Binondo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Minondoc — obsolete
• Binondoc — obsolete

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈnondo/ [bɪˈn̪on̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: Bi‧non‧do

Proper noun

Binondo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. Binondo (a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines)

Further reading

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