Etymology

Tacloban

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Today it means: A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Full definition →

Spanish Tacloban ← Waray-Waray Tarakluban
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The story

  1. Waray-Waray · derived fromTarakluban“place of the taklub”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromTacloban
  3. English todayTacloban

From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

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