The story
- Tagalog · derived frommay lakan diyan
- Tagalog · derived frommamalakayahan
- Spanish · borrowed fromMalacañán
- English todayMalacañang
From Spanish Malacañán, from Tagalog mamalakayahan, from mamalakaya+han, ultimately from lakaya. A common folk etymology is it was derived from Tagalog may lakan diyan. The final -g was added to the name during the American colonial era (1898-1946).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.