English

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Zamboanga City, as illustrated in the Velarde Map (1734)

Etymology

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From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (mooring place) from samboang (mooring pole) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (flower garden) or Malay jambangan (flower garden) or Tausug jambangan (flower garden) from jambang (flower pot) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

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Zamboanga

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
  2. Any of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
  5. (historical) The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.

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References

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  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name[1], retrieved 13 September 2016

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (mooring place) from samboang (mooring pole) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (flower garden) or Malay jambangan (flower garden) or Tausug jambangan (flower garden) from jambang (flower pot) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

Proper noun

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Zamboanga

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
  2. either of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
  5. (historical) Republic of Zamboanga

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Zamboanga.

References

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  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name[2], retrieved 13 September 2016

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θamboˈanɡa/ [θãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /samboˈanɡa/ [sãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

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Zamboanga f

  1. Zamboanga

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (mooring place) from samboang (mooring pole) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (flower garden) or Malay jambangan (flower garden) or Tausug jambangan (flower garden) from jambang (flower pot) +‎ -an (place marker suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".[1]

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /zamboˈaŋɡa/ [zɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /samboˈaŋɡa/ [sɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

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Zamboanga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
  2. either of the three provinces of the Zamboanga Peninsula
  3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
  4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
  5. (historical) Republic of Zamboanga
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References

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  1. ^ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name[3], retrieved 13 September 2016