Etymology

barangay

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Today it means: The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality. Full definition →

Philippine Spanish barangay ← Tagalog balangay
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  1. Tagalog · derived frombalangay
  2. Philippine Spanish · borrowed frombarangay
  3. English todaybarangay

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish barangay, from Tagalog balangay.

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