Baguio

See also: baguio

English

Etymology

From Spanish Baguió, from Ibaloi bagiw.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɡioʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːɡioʊ/

Proper noun

Baguio

1. An independent city in Benguet, Philippines
   • 1984, Anton Bilek, “Anton Bilek”, in Studs Terkel, editor, "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two‎^[1], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:

     When our airplanes first took off that morning, the Japs did come in. They hit the city of Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, and then went back to Formosa.

Translations

city in the Philippines

• Arabic: باجيو
• Azerbaijani: Bagio
• Cebuano: Baguio
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碧瑤／碧瑶 (bik¹ jiu⁴)

  Hokkien: 碧瑤／碧瑶 (Phek-iâu)

  Mandarin: 碧瑤／碧瑶 (zh) (Bìyáo)

• French: Baguio
• German: Baguio (de)
• Ibaloi: Bagiw
• Ilocano: Baguio
• Japanese: バギオ (Bagio)
• Korean: 바기오 (bagio)
• Russian: Багио (Bagio)
• Spanish: Baguió
• Tagalog: Baguio
• Ukrainian: Баґіо (Bagio)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ba‧guio
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡjo/, [ˈbaɡ.jɔ]

Etymology 1

Hispanization of bagyo.

Proper noun

Baguio

1. a common surname from Cebuano

Etymology 2

From Ibaloi bagiw, via Spanish Baguió.

Proper noun

Baguio

1. Baguio (an independent city in Benguet, Philippines)

Ilocano

Proper noun

Baguio

1. Baguio (an independent city in Benguet, Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Baguió, from Ibaloi bagiw (“moss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡjo/, [ˈbaɡ.jo]
• Hyphenation: Ba‧guio

Proper noun

Baguio (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. Baguio (an independent city in Benguet, Philippines)

Further reading

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