barangay

English

Alternative forms

• balangay
• Brgy. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barangay (plural barangays) (Philippines)

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

Synonyms

• barrio

Related terms

• balanghai
• barangay captain
• barangay chairman

 

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• baranggay

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

barangáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍᜅᜌ᜔)

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/ [bɐ.ɾ̪ɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]

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): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/ [ba.ɾaŋˈɡaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay

Noun

barangáy

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾanˈɡai/ [ba.ɾãŋˈɡai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: ba‧ran‧gay

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

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