balwarte

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish baluarte. Doublet of bulebar and bulebard.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈwaɾte/ [bɐlˈwaɾ.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -aɾte
• Syllabification: bal‧war‧te

Noun

balwarte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. bulwark; bastion; stronghold
   • 1997, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas, Volume 1‎^[1], →ISBN, page 96:

     Hindi nagkataon lamang na dumanas ang mga lalawigang ito ng maraming pag-aalsang agraryo at naging malalakas na balwarte ng Rebolusyong Filipino.

     It is not only a coincidence that the provinces experienced many agrarian revolts and became strongholds of the Philippine Revolution.

See also

• kuta
• muog

 

Further reading

• “balwarte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018