Tagalog

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Etymology

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Calque of Spanish puerto libre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˌlajaŋ duˈʔoŋan/ [mɐˌlaː.jɐn̪ d̪ʊˈʔoː.ŋɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -oŋan
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧yang du‧o‧ngan

Noun

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malayang duongan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜇᜓᜂᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. free port

Further reading

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  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.