Quezon

English

Proper noun

Quezon (uncountable)

1. A province of the Philippines; Former name: Tayabas. Capital and largest city: Lucena.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Quezon

1. any of several places in the Philippines:
   1. the province of Quezon
   2. a municipality in the province of the same name
   3. A municipality of Isabela
   4. A municipality of Bukidnon

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Quezon.

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Tagalog

Etymology

The original surname popularly known from Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines, might have Hokkien origins as another variant of Quizon or Quison as evidenced with Manuel Quezon's father, Lucio Quezon, who was a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino mestizo from Paco, Manila, formerly known as Paco de Dilao or San Fernando de Dilao, who was loyal to the Spanish regime in the Philippines as a maestro (teacher) that taught Spanish and retired sargento (sergeant) of the Guardia Civil (Spanish Civil Guard in the Philippines).

Quezon in Philippine Hokkien might come from , transcribed with Philippine Spanish orthography in the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛzon/

Proper noun

Quezon

1. a surname from Spanish
2. Manuel Quezon, 2nd President of the Philippines (1935-1942).
3. A province of the Philippines; Former name: Tayabas. Capital and largest city: Lucena.
4. A municipality of Quezon, Philippines, of the same name.
5. A municipality of Isabela, Philippines.

Derived terms

• Quezon City

See also

• Quizon
• Quison
• Que