The story
- Hiligaynon · derived fromIlong-Ilong
- Spanish · borrowed fromIloílo
- English todayIloilo
From Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of the land between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro is located.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.