Kagay-anon

noun

A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

OriginCebuano Kagay-anon →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

    As for the piece of land where Ah Fat used to be, it's still an unused empty lot, a silent witness to the life of a Cantonese immigrant named Yu New, who became a Kagay-anon known as Ah Fat and built a bakery that came to define an era […]

    2010, Ann Gorra, City of Gold, page 32

Origin

  1. CebuanoKagay-anon
  2. EnglishKagay-anon

Borrowed from Cebuano Kagay-anon, from kagayan, meaning "river".

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APA

Kagay-anon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kagay-anon

MLA

“Kagay-anon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kagay-anon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kagay-anon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kagay-anon.

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