barangay

English

Alternative forms

• balangay
• Brgy. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.

Pronunciation

• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯/

Noun

barangay (plural barangays)

1. (Philippines) The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
2. (Philippines) Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)

Synonyms

• barrio

Related terms

• balanghai

Bikol Central

Etymology

From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
• IPA^(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/, [ba.ɾaŋˈɡaɪ̯]

Noun

barangay

1. The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.

   Synonyms: balangay, baryo

Cebuano

Etymology

From older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
• IPA^(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/, [bʌ.ɾ̪ʌŋˈɡaɪ̯]

Noun

barangay

1. the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality

   Synonyms: balangay, baryo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baraŋˈɡaj/

Noun

barangay

1. the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality

Maranao

Noun

barangay

1. boat

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.

Noun

barangay m (plural barangayes)

1. (Philippines) barangay

Further reading

• “barangay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• baranggay
• Brgy. — abbreviation

Etymology

From balangay (“a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines”), most likely reborrowed from Spanish barangay where the /ŋ/ sound developed into a /ŋɡ/ sound. Doublet of balangay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay

Noun

barangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜌ᜔)

1. barangay (the smallest administrative division in the Philippines, a subdivision of cities and municipalities)
2. (historical) local polity or settlement during the Philippine precolonial period

See also

• baryo
• tanod

Further reading

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