Cavite

From Spanish Cavite, a rendition of Tagalog Kawit, from kawit (“hook”), in reference to the hooked-shape peninsula where present-day Cavite City stands. Doublet of Kawit.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈvi.teɪ/, /kəˈvi.ti/

Cavite

Location of Cavite

1. A province of the Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure).
2. A city in Cavite, Philippines.

   Synonym: Cavite City

• Caviteño

• Cavite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cavite City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cavite

1. Cavite (a province of the Philippines)

From Tagalog kawit.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbite/ [kaˈβ̞i.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: Ca‧vi‧te

Cavite ?

1. Cavite (a province of the Philippines)
2. Cavite (a city in Cavite, Philippines)

• → English: Cavite
• → Tagalog: Cavite

• Provincia de Cavite on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Cavite on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• Kabite

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, from Tagalog kawit. Doublet of Kawit.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈvite/ [kɐˈvi.tɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /kaˈbite/ [kɐˈbi.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: Ca‧vi‧te

Cavite (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜆᜒ)

1. Cavite (a province of the Philippines)
2. Cavite (a city in Cavite, Philippines)

• Caviteño

• “Cavite”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cavite on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl