English
Etymology
From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“wooden raft”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Batangas
- A province of the Philippines.
- The capital city of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality
Translations
province of the Philippines
city in the Philippines
Further reading
- Batangas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Batangas City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano
Proper noun
Batangas
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Spanish
Etymology
From Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) + -an (“place marker suffix”), after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.
Proper noun
Batangas f
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) + -an (“place marker suffix”). The province is named by the Spaniards after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Batangas
- Batangas (a province of the Philippines)
- Synonym: (poetic) Batangan
- Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Philippines; a former municipality)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “Batangas” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
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