Tagaytay
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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.
Proper noun edit
Tagaytay
- A city in Cavite, Philippines
Translations edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From 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
Proper noun edit
Tagaytay ?
- Tagaytay (a city in Cavite, Philippines)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taɡajˈtaj/ [tɐ.ɣaɪ̯ˈtaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: Ta‧gay‧tay
Proper noun edit
Tagaytáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜌ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- Tagaytay (a city in Cavite, Philippines)
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- 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