Etymology

Pampanga

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Today it means: A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: San Fernando. Largest city: Angeles City. Full definition →

Spanish Pampanga ← Kapampangan pampang
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The story

  1. Kapampangan · derived frompampang“river bank”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromPampanga
  3. English todayPampanga

From Spanish Pampanga, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -a.

Words from the same roots

Kapampanganpampang all →

Pampango

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