Tagaytay
English
editEtymology
editFrom Tagalog Tagaytay, from tagaytay (“mountain ridge”), referring to the mountain ridge near Mount Sungay overlooking Taal Lake. By folk etymology, from "taga, itay!", referring to the yells of a boy (with his father, hunting in the forest) that echoed on the mountains on the present location of the city.
Pronunciation
edit- (Philippines) IPA(key): /tɐ.ɡaɪ̯ˈtaɪ̯/
Proper noun
editTagaytay
- A city in Cavite, Philippines
Translations
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Tagalog Tagaytay, from tagaytay (“mountain ridge”), referring to the mountain ridge near Mount Sungay overlooking Taal Lake. By folk etymology, from "taga, itay!", referring to the yells of a boy (with his father, hunting in the forest) that echoed on the mountains on the present location of the city.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTagaytay ?
- Tagaytay (a city in Cavite, Philippines)
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom tagaytay (“mountain ridge”), referring to the mountain ridge near Mount Sungay overlooking Taal Lake. By folk etymology, from "taga, itay!", referring to the yells of a boy (with his father, hunting in the forest) that echoed on the mountains on the present location of the city.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taɡajˈtaj/ [t̪ɐ.ɣaɪ̯ˈt̪aɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: Ta‧gay‧tay
Proper noun
editTagaytáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜌ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- Tagaytay (a city in Cavite, Philippines)
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Cavite, Philippines
- en:Cities in the Philippines
- en:Places in Cavite, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- Spanish terms derived from Tagalog
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Cities in Cavite, Philippines
- es:Cities in the Philippines
- es:Places in Cavite, Philippines
- es:Places in the Philippines
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aj/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Cities in Cavite, Philippines
- tl:Cities in the Philippines
- tl:Places in Cavite, Philippines
- tl:Places in the Philippines