Etymology

Cebu

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Today it means: An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Full definition →

Spanish Cebú ← Cebuano Sugbo
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The story

  1. Cebuano · derived fromSugbo
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromCebú
  3. English todayCebu

From Spanish Cebú, from Cebuano Sugbo, from sugbo (“to dive into the water”).

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