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banwa

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /banˈwa/ [ban̪ˈwa]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

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banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)

  1. town
    Synonym: barangay
  2. municipality
    Synonym: munisipiyo
  3. country; nation
    Synonym: nasyon

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa
  • IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]

Noun

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banwa (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

  1. small town, neighborhood; community
    Synonyms: lungsod, ilawod
  2. fatherland, homeland
    Synonym: yutawhan
  3. countryside; uninhabited areas
    Synonyms: ilihan, ilaya
  4. thicket; forest
    Synonyms: kalibonan, lasang, sulop
  5. (obsolete) weather
    Synonym: panahon
  6. (obsolete) atmosphere
  7. (obsolete) horizon

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See also

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References

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  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 119
  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español[2] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 37

Dibabawon Manobo

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Noun

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banwa

  1. place

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban.wa]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧wa

Noun

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banwa

  1. town; city; municipality; state; commonwealth
  2. citizenry; inhabitant

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Kapampangan

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Noun

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banwa

  1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Noun

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banwa

  1. town

Pangasinan

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Noun

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banwá

  1. sun

References

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  1. Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community). Compare Ibatan vanua (port), Pangasinan banwa (sun), Kapampangan banua (year, sky, heaven), Cebuano banwa (homeland), Hiligaynon banwa (town), and Malay benua (large expanse of land).

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Noun

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banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)

  1. (uncommon) town; native land; country
    Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
  2. (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state
    Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
  3. (obsolete) sky
    Synonym: langit
  4. (obsolete) weather
    Synonyms: panahon, klima, (archaic) bayan

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References

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Waray-Waray

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Noun

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banwá

  1. grass; weed; bush