Etymology

Camiguin

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Today it means: A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Mambajao. Full definition →

Spanish Camiguín ← Cebuano kamagong
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  1. Cebuano · derived fromkamagong
  2. Spanish · derived fromCamiguín
  3. English todayCamiguin

From Spanish Camiguín, from Manobo, from Cebuano kamagong. The tree thrived near Lake Mainit, in Surigao del Sur, the area from which the earlier inhabitants of the islands came.

Words from the same roots

Cebuanokamagong all →

camagon

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