Etymology

Mount Mayon

Today it means: The most active volcano in the Philippines, located in Albay province and known for its almost perfect cone shape. Full definition →

Central Bikol magayon
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The story

  1. Central Bikol · borrowed frommagayon“beautiful”
  2. English todayMount Mayon

From Central Bikol magayon (“beautiful”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.