Leyte

See also: leyte

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ̯.tɛ/, /ˈleɪ̯.tɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪteɪ/

Proper noun

Leyte

1. An island in Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines
2. A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tacloban
3. A municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines

Derived terms

• Leyte Gulf
• Northern Leyte
• Southern Leyte

Translations

island in the Philippines

• Arabic: ليتي
• Azerbaijani: Leyte
• Belarusian: Лейтэ (Ljejte)
• Bulgarian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Cebuano: Leyte
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷伊泰 (leoi⁴ ji¹ taai³)

  Hokkien: 禮智／礼智 (Lé-tì)

  Mandarin: 萊特／莱特 (zh) (Láitè) (mainland China), 雷伊泰 (Lěiyītài) (Hong Kong, Taiwan), 禮智／礼智 (Lǐzhì) (Philippines)

• Czech: Leyte
• Dutch: Leyte
• Estonian: Leyte
• Finnish: Leyte
• French: Leyte
• German: Leyte
• Greek: Λέιτε (el) (Léite)
• Hebrew: לייתה
• Hindi: लेयते (leyte)
• Indonesian: Leyte
• Japanese: レイテ (Reite)
• Korean: 레이테 (reite)
• Lithuanian: Leitė
• Macedonian: Лејте (Lejte)
• Persian: ليتي
• Portuguese: Leyte
• Russian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лејте

  Roman: Leyte

• Spanish: Leyte
• Tagalog: Leyte
• Thai: เลย์เต
• Ukrainian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Urdu: ليتي
• Vietnamese: Leyte
• Waray-Waray: Leyte

province of the Philippines

• Arabic: ليتي
• Azerbaijani: Leyte
• Belarusian: Лейтэ (Ljejte)
• Bulgarian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Cebuano: Leyte
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷伊泰 (leoi⁴ ji¹ taai³) (Hong Kong)

  Hokkien: 禮智／礼智 (Lé-tì)

  Mandarin: 萊特／莱特 (zh) (Láitè) (mainland China), 雷伊泰 (Lěiyītài) (Hong Kong, Taiwan), 禮智／礼智 (Lǐzhì) (Philippines)

• Czech: Leyte
• Dutch: Leyte
• Estonian: Leyte
• Finnish: Leyte
• French: Leyte
• German: Leyte
• Greek: Λέιτε (el) (Léite)
• Hebrew: לייתה
• Hindi: लेयते (leyte)
• Indonesian: Leyte
• Japanese: レイテ (Reite)
• Korean: 레이테 (reite)
• Lithuanian: Leitė
• Macedonian: Лејте (Lejte)
• Persian: ليتي
• Portuguese: Leyte
• Russian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лејте

  Roman: Leyte

• Spanish: Leyte
• Tagalog: Leyte
• Thai: เลย์เต
• Ukrainian: Лейте (Lejte)
• Urdu: ليتي
• Vietnamese: Leyte
• Waray-Waray: Leyte

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ley‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈleite/, [ˈl̪iɪ.t̪e]

Proper noun

Leyte

1. Leyte (an island in Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
2. Leyte (a province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tacloban)
3. (historical) A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines, now divided into Leyte and Southern Leyte
4. Leyte (a municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
5. a surname

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleite/ [ˈlei̯.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -eite
• Syllabification: Ley‧te

Proper noun

Leyte ?

1. Leyte (an island in Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
2. Leyte (a province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tacloban)

   Synonym: Leyte Norte

3. Leyte (a municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Leyte del Sur
• Leyte Norte
• leyteño

 

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlejte/ [ˈlɛɪ̯.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -ejte
• Syllabification: Ley‧te

Proper noun

Leyte (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tacloban

   Synonym: Hilagang Leyte

2. An island in Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines
3. A municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines

Derived terms

• Hilagang Leyte
• Katimugang Leyte
• Timog Leyte