Luzon

See also: Luzón and Lūžõn

English

Etymology

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig river delta by Manila”), from Tagalog lusong.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈluˌzɔn/

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Proper noun

Luzon

1. The largest island in the Philippines.

Translations

largest island of the Philippines

• Arabic: لُوزُون m (luzūn)
• Armenian: Լուսոն (hy) (Luson)
• Azerbaijani: Luson
• Belarusian: Лусо́н (Lusón)
• Bengali: লুজন (lujon), লুসোন (luśōn)
• Bikol Central: Luzon (bcl)
• Bulgarian: Лусо́н m (Lusón)
• Catalan: Luzon
• Cebuano: Luzon
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呂宋／吕宋 (leoi⁵ sung³)

  Mandarin: 呂宋／吕宋 (zh) (Lǚsòng)

• Czech: Luzon
• Danish: Luzon
• Dutch: Luzon (nl)
• Estonian: Luzon
• Finnish: Luzon (fi)
• French: Luçon (fr) m
• German: Luzon
• Greek: Λουζόν (Louzón)
• Hebrew: לוזון
• Hindi: लूज़ोन (lūzon)
• Hungarian: Luzon (hu)
• Icelandic: Lúson
• Ilocano: Luzon
• Indonesian: Luzon
• Italian: Luzon
• Japanese: ルソン島 (Ruson-tō), ルソン (Ruson)
• Javanese: Luzon
• Kapampangan: Luzon
• Kazakh: Лусон (Luson)
• Khmer: លូហ្ស៊ុន (luuhsun)
• Korean: 루손 섬 (Ruson seom), 루손 (Ruson)
• Kyrgyz: Лусон (Luson)
• Latin: Luconia
• Latvian: Lusona
• Lithuanian: Lusonas
• Macedonian: Лусон (Luson)
• Malay: Luzon
• Malayalam: ലുസോൺ (lusōṇ)
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠣᡳ
  ᠰᡠᠩ (lioi sung)
• Mongolian: Лусон (mn) (Luson)
• Pangasinan: Luzon
• Persian: لوزون (luzon)
• Polish: Luzon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luzon f, Luzón f, Luçon f
• Romanian: Luzon
• Russian: Лусо́н (ru) m (Lusón)
• Spanish: Luzón
• Tagalog: Luzon (tl)
• Tamil: லூசோன் (lūcōṉ)
• Thai: เกาะลูซอน (gòr looson), ลูซอน (looson)
• Tibetan: ལུའི་སུང (lu'i sung)
• Turkish: Luzon
• Ukrainian: Лусо́н (Lusón)
• Urdu: لوزون (lozon)
• Uzbek: Luson
• Waray-Waray: Luzon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig river delta by Manila”), from Tagalog lusong.

Proper noun

Luzon

1. Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines)

Etymology 2

After Luzon.

Proper noun

Luzon

1. a surname from Cebuano

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Luzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluzon/, [ˈluzo̞n]
• Rhymes: -uzon
• Syllabification^(key): Lu‧zon

Proper noun

Luzon

1. Luzon (largest island in the Philippines)

Declension

Inflection of Luzon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Luzon	—
genitive		Luzonin	—
partitive		Luzonia	—
illative		Luzoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Luzon	—
accusative	nom.	Luzon	—
	gen.	Luzonin
genitive		Luzonin	—
partitive		Luzonia	—
inessive		Luzonissa	—
elative		Luzonista	—
illative		Luzoniin	—
adessive		Luzonilla	—
ablative		Luzonilta	—
allative		Luzonille	—
essive		Luzonina	—
translative		Luzoniksi	—
abessive		Luzonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Luzon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Luzonini — accusative nom. Luzonini — gen. Luzonini genitive Luzonini — partitive Luzoniani — inessive Luzonissani — elative Luzonistani — illative Luzoniini — adessive Luzonillani — ablative Luzoniltani — allative Luzonilleni — essive Luzoninani — translative Luzonikseni — abessive Luzonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Luzonisi — accusative nom. Luzonisi — gen. Luzonisi genitive Luzonisi — partitive Luzoniasi — inessive Luzonissasi — elative Luzonistasi — illative Luzoniisi — adessive Luzonillasi — ablative Luzoniltasi — allative Luzonillesi — essive Luzoninasi — translative Luzoniksesi — abessive Luzonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Luzonimme — accusative nom. Luzonimme — gen. Luzonimme genitive Luzonimme — partitive Luzoniamme — inessive Luzonissamme — elative Luzonistamme — illative Luzoniimme — adessive Luzonillamme — ablative Luzoniltamme — allative Luzonillemme — essive Luzoninamme — translative Luzoniksemme — abessive Luzonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Luzoninne — accusative nom. Luzoninne — gen. Luzoninne genitive Luzoninne — partitive Luzonianne — inessive Luzonissanne — elative Luzonistanne — illative Luzoniinne — adessive Luzonillanne — ablative Luzoniltanne — allative Luzonillenne — essive Luzoninanne — translative Luzoniksenne — abessive Luzonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Luzoninsa — accusative nom. Luzoninsa — gen. Luzoninsa genitive Luzoninsa — partitive Luzoniaan Luzoniansa — inessive Luzonissaan Luzonissansa — elative Luzonistaan Luzonistansa — illative Luzoniinsa — adessive Luzonillaan Luzonillansa — ablative Luzoniltaan Luzoniltansa — allative Luzonilleen Luzonillensa — essive Luzoninaan Luzoninansa — translative Luzonikseen Luzoniksensa — abessive Luzonittaan Luzonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• luzoninherkko
• luzoninjuovarotta
• luzoninjättirotta
• luzoninkuonorotta
• luzoninlenkko
• luzoninmetsärotta
• luzoninnokikas
• luzoninnokkahiiri
• luzoninnokkarotta
• luzoninpikkuhiiri
• luzoninpikkunokikas
• luzoninpikkurotta
• luzoninpuurotta
• luzoninpäästikkö
• luzoninpörrörotta
• luzoninrotta
• Luzoninsalmi
• luzoninsupiainen
• luzonintiheikköhiiri

 

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Luzón, Luçon

Etymology

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig river delta by Manila”), from Tagalog lusong.

Proper noun

Luzon f

1. Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Luzón, from Tagalog Lusong, old name for the Pasig River delta by Manila, from lusong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /luˈzon/, [lʊˈzon]
  • IPA^(key): /luˈson/, [lʊˈson] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Lu‧zon

Proper noun

Luzón (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines)

Derived terms

• Gitnang Luzon
• Katimugang Luzon
• Timog-Kanlurang Luzon

 

See also

• Kabisayaan
• Mindanao
• sungsong

 

Further reading

• William Henry Scott (1994) Barangay : sixteenth-century Philippine culture and society‎^[1], Quezon City, Manila, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC