Pongayan

English

Alternative forms

• Pungayan

Proper noun

Pongayan

1. A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines

   Synonym: La Presa

   Coordinate terms: Adafang, Agaynec, Badiwan, Bangcua, Begis, Besong, Bontiway, Digdigwayan, Ducot, Highway, Kabuyao, Katorse, Km. 8, Lower Bumasgao, Lower Poblacion, Luding, Pikaw, Pitlawan, Poblacion Proper, Pongayan, Pula, Saddle, Shoshos, Tadiangan, Tawid, Topinao, Tuba Central School, Upper Bumasgao, Upper Poblacion — sitios of Poblacion

   • 2021 August 3, Maria Rica Alminiana Lumangcas, FICS Theses and Dissertations‎^[1], University of the Philippines:

     "From Sitio Pongayan to La Presa: Transforming a Cordilleran Community through a Prime Time TV Series" is a video documentary and ethnographic study that examined how Sitio Pongayan, a small Cordilleran Community, was transformed into the famous La Presa because of a prime time TV Series called Forevermore (2014).

2. A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines

   Coordinate terms: Balakbak, Beleng-Belis, Boklaoan, Cayapes, Cuba, Datakan, Gadang, Gasweling, Labueg, Paykek, Poblacion Central, Pongayan, Pudong, Sagubo, Taba-ao — barangays of Kapangan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Pungayan

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poˈŋajan/ [poˈŋaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: Po‧nga‧yan

Proper noun

Pongayan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜅᜌᜈ᜔)

1. A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines

   Synonym: La Presa

2. A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines