Etymology

Taguig

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Today it means: An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines, southeast of Manila. Full definition →

Spanish Taguig ← Tagalog Tagiig
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The story

  1. Tagalog · derived fromTagiig
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromTaguig
  3. English todayTaguig

From Spanish Taguig, from Tagalog Tagiig, supposedly from tagagiik (“rice thresher”).

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