Maguindanao

See also: Maguindánao

English

Etymology

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡindɐnaʊ/

Proper noun

Maguindanao

1. A former province of the Philippines, split into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.
2. A Philippine language.
3. A former Sultanate in Mindanao

Derived terms

• Maguindanao del Norte
• Maguindanao del Sur

Translations

former province of the Philippines

• Bikol Central: Maguindanao
• Cebuano: Maguindanao
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬京達瑙／马京达瑙 (Mǎjīngdánǎo)

• Japanese: マギンダナオ
• Maguindanao: Magindanaw
• Spanish: Maguindánao
• Tagalog: Maguindanao

language

• Portuguese: maguindanao (pt) m

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maguindanao terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

Proper noun

Maguindanao

1. Maguindanao (a former province of the Philippines)
2. Maguindanao (language)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw (literally “people of the flood; people of the lake”), from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡindanaw/, [mɐˈɣin.dɐ.naʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧guin‧da‧nao

Proper noun

Maguíndanáo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao (a province of the Philippines)

Noun

Maguíndanáo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao language

   Synonym: Magindanawon

Related terms

• Magindanawon

 

Further reading

• “Maguindanao” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021