Luzon

See also: Luzón and Lūžõn

English

Etymology

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig River Delta in between medieval Maynila & Tondo”), from Tagalog lusong.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /lʊˈzon̪/

• Audio (Philippines):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈluˌzɔn/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Luzon

2. The largest island of the Philippines.

Derived terms

• Luzon boobook
• Luzonese

Translations

largest island of the Philippines

• Arabic: لُوزُون m (luzūn)
• Armenian: Լուսոն (hy) (Luson)
• Azerbaijani: Luson
• Belarusian: Лусо́н (Lusón)
• Bengali: লুজন (lujon), লুসোন (luśōn)
• Bikol Central: Luzon (bcl)
• Bulgarian: Лусо́н m (Lusón)
• Catalan: Luzon
• Cebuano: Luzon
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呂宋 / 吕宋 (leoi⁵ sung³)

  Mandarin: 呂宋 / 吕宋 (zh) (Lǚsòng)

• Czech: Luzon
• Danish: Luzon
• Dutch: Luzon (nl)
• Estonian: Luzon
• Finnish: Luzon (fi)
• French: Luçon (fr) m
• German: Luzon (de)
• Greek: Λουζόν (Louzón)
• Hebrew: לוזון
• Hindi: लूज़ोन (lūzon)
• Hungarian: Luzon (hu)
• Icelandic: Lúson
• Ilocano: Luzon
• Indonesian: Luzon
• Italian: Luzon
• Japanese: ルソン島 (Ruson-tō), ルソン (Ruson)
• Javanese: Luzon
• Kapampangan: Luzon
• Kazakh: Лусон (Luson)
• Khmer: លូហ្ស៊ុន (luuhsun)
• Korean: 루손 섬 (Ruson seom), 루손 (Ruson)
• Kyrgyz: Лусон (Luson)
• Latin: Luconia
• Latvian: Lusona
• Lithuanian: Lusonas
• Macedonian: Лусон (Luson)
• Malay: Luzon
• Malayalam: ലുസോൺ (lusōṇ)
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠣᡳ
  ᠰᡠᠩ (lioi sung)
• Mongolian: Лусон (mn) (Luson)
• Pangasinan: Luzon
• Persian: لوزون (luzon)
• Polish: Luzon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Luzon f, Luzón f, Luçon f
• Romanian: Luzon
• Russian: Лусо́н (ru) m (Lusón)
• Spanish: Luzón
• Tagalog: Luzon (tl)
• Tamil: லூசோன் (lūcōṉ)
• Thai: เกาะลูซอน (gòr looson), ลูซอน (looson)
• Tibetan: ལུའི་སུང (lu'i sung)
• Turkish: Luzon
• Ukrainian: Лусо́н (Lusón)
• Urdu: لوزون (lozon)
• Uzbek: Luson
• Waray-Waray: Luzon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig River Delta in between medieval Maynila & Tondo”), from Tagalog lusong.

Proper noun

Luzon

1. Luzon (the largest island of the Philippines)

Etymology 2

After Luzon.

Proper noun

Luzon

1. a surname from Cebuano

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Luzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluzon/, [ˈluzo̞n]
• Rhymes: -uzon
• Syllabification^(key): Lu‧zon
• Hyphenation^(key): Lu‧zon

Proper noun

Luzon

1. Luzon (the largest island of the Philippines)

Declension

Inflection of Luzon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Luzon	—
genitive		Luzonin	—
partitive		Luzonia	—
illative		Luzoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Luzon	—
accusative	nom.	Luzon	—
	gen.	Luzonin
genitive		Luzonin	—
partitive		Luzonia	—
inessive		Luzonissa	—
elative		Luzonista	—
illative		Luzoniin	—
adessive		Luzonilla	—
ablative		Luzonilta	—
allative		Luzonille	—
essive		Luzonina	—
translative		Luzoniksi	—
abessive		Luzonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Luzon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Luzonini — accusative nom. Luzonini — gen. Luzonini genitive Luzonini — partitive Luzoniani — inessive Luzonissani — elative Luzonistani — illative Luzoniini — adessive Luzonillani — ablative Luzoniltani — allative Luzonilleni — essive Luzoninani — translative Luzonikseni — abessive Luzonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Luzonisi — accusative nom. Luzonisi — gen. Luzonisi genitive Luzonisi — partitive Luzoniasi — inessive Luzonissasi — elative Luzonistasi — illative Luzoniisi — adessive Luzonillasi — ablative Luzoniltasi — allative Luzonillesi — essive Luzoninasi — translative Luzoniksesi — abessive Luzonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Luzonimme — accusative nom. Luzonimme — gen. Luzonimme genitive Luzonimme — partitive Luzoniamme — inessive Luzonissamme — elative Luzonistamme — illative Luzoniimme — adessive Luzonillamme — ablative Luzoniltamme — allative Luzonillemme — essive Luzoninamme — translative Luzoniksemme — abessive Luzonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Luzoninne — accusative nom. Luzoninne — gen. Luzoninne genitive Luzoninne — partitive Luzonianne — inessive Luzonissanne — elative Luzonistanne — illative Luzoniinne — adessive Luzonillanne — ablative Luzoniltanne — allative Luzonillenne — essive Luzoninanne — translative Luzoniksenne — abessive Luzonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Luzoninsa — accusative nom. Luzoninsa — gen. Luzoninsa genitive Luzoninsa — partitive Luzoniaan Luzoniansa — inessive Luzonissaan Luzonissansa — elative Luzonistaan Luzonistansa — illative Luzoniinsa — adessive Luzonillaan Luzonillansa — ablative Luzoniltaan Luzoniltansa — allative Luzonilleen Luzonillensa — essive Luzoninaan Luzoninansa — translative Luzonikseen Luzoniksensa — abessive Luzonittaan Luzonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• luzoninherkko
• luzoninjuovarotta
• luzoninjättirotta
• luzoninkuonorotta
• luzoninlenkko
• luzoninmetsärotta
• luzoninnokikas
• luzoninnokkahiiri
• luzoninnokkarotta
• luzoninpikkuhiiri
• luzoninpikkunokikas
• luzoninpikkurotta
• luzoninpuurotta
• luzoninpäästikkö
• luzoninpörrörotta
• luzoninrotta
• Luzoninsalmi
• luzoninsupiainen
• luzonintiheikköhiiri

Portuguese

Proper noun

Luzon f

1. alternative spelling of Lução

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Luzón, from Tagalog Lusong, an old name for the Pasig River Delta in between medieval Maynila & Tondo, from lusong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈzon/ [lʊˈzon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /luˈson/ [lʊˈson̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Lu‧zon

Proper noun

Luzón (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Luzon (the largest island of the Philippines)

Derived terms

• Gitnang Luzon
• Hilagang Luzon
• Katimugang Luzon
• Timog-Kanlurang Luzon

See also

• Kabisayaan
• Mindanao
• sungsong

Further reading

• William Henry Scott (1994), Barangay : sixteenth-century Philippine culture and society‎^[1], Quezon City, Manila, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC