Tacloban
English
Etymology
From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tækˈloʊbən/
Spanish
Etymology
From Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈkloban/ [t̪aˈklo.β̞ãn]
- Rhymes: -oban
- Syllabification: Ta‧clo‧ban
Derived terms
- taclobano
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /takˈloban/ [tɐkˈlo.bɐn]
- Rhymes: -oban
- Syllabification: Tac‧lo‧ban
Proper noun
Tacloban (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜈ᜔)
- Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Philippines)
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From earlier Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /takˈloban/, [takˈlu.ban]
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