Tayabas

English

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐˈjaː.bɐs/

  • Audio (Philippines):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /tæˈjɑbɑs/

Proper noun

Tayabas

1. A city in the province of Quezon, Philippines.

   Meronyms: Alitao, Alsam Ibaba, Alsam Ilaya, Alupay, Angeles Zone I, Angeles Zone II, Angeles Zone III, Angeles Zone IV, Angustias Zone I, Angustias Zone II, Angustias Zone III, Angustias Zone IV, Anos, Ayaas, Baguio, Banilad, Bukal Ibaba, Bukal Ilaya, Calantas, Calumpang, Camaysa, Dapdap, Domoit Kanluran, Domoit Silangan, Gibanga, Ibas, Ilasan Ibaba, Ilasan Ilaya, Ipilan, Isabang, Katigan Kanluran, Katigan Silangan, Lakawan, Lalo, Lawigue, Lita, Malaoa, Masin, Mate, Mateuna, Mayowe, Nangka Ibaba, Nangka Ilaya, Opias, Palale Ibaba, Palale Ilaya, Palale Kanluran, Palale Silangan, Pandakaki, Pook, Potol, San Diego Zone I, San Diego Zone II, San Diego Zone III, San Diego Zone IV, San Isidro Zone I, San Isidro Zone II, San Isidro Zone III, San Isidro Zone IV, San Roque Zone I, San Roque Zone II, Talolong, Tamlong, Tongko, Valencia, Wakas — barangays of Tayabas

   Coordinate terms: Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Burdeos, Calauag, Candelaria, Catanauan, Dolores, General Luna, General Nakar, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Infanta, Jomalig, Lopez, Lucban, Macalelon, Mauban, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Perez, Pitogo, Plaridel, Polillo, Quezon, Real, Sampaloc, San Andres, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Narciso, Sariaya, Tagkawayan, Tayabas, Tiaong, Unisan — city and municipalities of Quezon

2. (historical) A former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines.

Derived terms

• Tayabas Tagalog

Translations

city in the Philippines

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔亞巴斯 / 塔亚巴斯 (Tǎyàbāsī)

• Japanese: タヤバス (Tayabasu)
• Marathi: तायाबास (tāyābās)
• Spanish: Tayabas
• Tagalog: Tayabas (tl)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Tayabas.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taˈʝabas/ [t̪aˈʝa.β̞as]

• IPA^(key): /taˈʝabas/ [t̪aˈʝa.β̞as] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /taˈʃabas/ [t̪aˈʃa.β̞as] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /taˈʒabas/ [t̪aˈʒa.β̞as] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -abas
• Syllabification: Ta‧ya‧bas

Proper noun

Tayabas ?

1. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)
2. (historical) Tayabas (a former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines)

Derived terms

• tayabense
• tayabeño

Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• From tayabas, a variant of bayabas (“guava”).
• From tayaba (“a local practice of igba for planting crops”).
• From tagabas (“native fern”)
• From tayaban (“night creature known for having wings that glow like a tropical firefly”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈjabas/ [t̪ɐˈjaː.bɐs]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abas
• Syllabification: Ta‧ya‧bas
• Homophone: tayabas

Proper noun

Tayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)
2. (historical) Tayabas (a former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines; included parts of Aurora, Marinduque, and Camarines Norte at different points in time)

Derived terms

• Tayabasin
• Tayabense

Related terms

• Tayabeña
• Tayabeño

Descendants

• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 塔亞巴斯／塔亚巴斯 (Tǎyàbāsī)
• English: Tayabas
• Japanese: タヤバス (Tayabasu)
• Spanish: Tayabas

See also

• Kalilayan

Further reading

• Tayabas on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl