Malakanyang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Malacañan
• Malacañang

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malacañang, from Spanish Malacañán, from Tagalog mamalakayahan (“place of fishermen”), or malakayahan (“place for fishing”), ultimately from lakaya (“to fish”). A common folk etymology is that the name was a univerbation of may +‎ lakan +‎ diyan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /malakanˈjaŋ/ [mɐ.lɐ.xɐˈɲaŋ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /malakanˈjaŋ/ [mɐ.lɐ.xɐn̪ˈjaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Ma‧la‧kan‧yang

Proper noun

Malakanyáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔)

1. (specifically) Malacañang (building)
2. (metonymically) the Philippine government