Vigan
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Vi‧gan
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ɡɐn/
Proper noun[edit]
Vigan
- A city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Ilocano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Vi‧gan
Proper noun[edit]
Vigan
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vigan ?
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈviɡan/ [ˈvi.ɣɐn]
- Rhymes: -iɡan
- Syllabification: Vi‧gan
Proper noun[edit]
Vigan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)
- Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Ilocano
- English terms derived from Hokkien
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Cities in the Philippines
- en:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- en:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- Ilocano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Ilocano terms derived from Spanish
- Ilocano terms borrowed back into Ilocano
- Ilocano terms derived from Hokkien
- Ilocano lemmas
- Ilocano proper nouns
- Ilocano terms spelled with V
- ilo:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- ilo:Cities in the Philippines
- ilo:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- ilo:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- ilo:Places in the Philippines
- Spanish terms derived from Ilocano
- Spanish terms derived from Hokkien
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɡan
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɡan/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- es:Cities in the Philippines
- es:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- es:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- es:Places in the Philippines
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Ilocano
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɡan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɡan/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with V
- tl:Cities in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- tl:Cities in the Philippines
- tl:Provincial capitals of the Philippines
- tl:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- tl:Places in the Philippines