Vigan
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Vi‧gan
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ɡɐn/
Proper noun
editVigan
- A city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines
Translations
editAnagrams
editIlocano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Vi‧gan
Proper noun
editVigan
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAlso spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editVigan ?
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈviɡan/ [ˈviː.ɣɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -iɡan
- Syllabification: Vi‧gan
Proper noun
editVigan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Ilocano
- English terms derived from Hokkien
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Cities in the Philippines
- en:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- en:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- Ilocano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Ilocano terms derived from Spanish
- Ilocano terms borrowed back into Ilocano
- Ilocano terms derived from Hokkien
- Ilocano lemmas
- Ilocano proper nouns
- Ilocano terms spelled with V
- ilo:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- ilo:Cities in the Philippines
- ilo:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- ilo:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- ilo:Places in the Philippines
- Spanish terms derived from Ilocano
- Spanish terms derived from Hokkien
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɡan
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɡan/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- es:Cities in the Philippines
- es:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- es:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- es:Places in the Philippines
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Ilocano
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɡan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɡan/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with V
- tl:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- tl:Cities in the Philippines
- tl:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- tl:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- tl:Places in the Philippines