Etymology

Gatchalian

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Today it means: A surname from Tagalog. Full definition →

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The story

Filipino surname, from Gatchalian, Hispanicized form of Gat Sa Li-han, title of a legendary ruler of Ma-i (an ancient precolonial state in the Philippines)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.