Ternate

See also: ternate

English

Etymology

The municipality in the Philippines is named in reference to the Indonesian city of Ternate.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛɾˈn̪aː.t̪ɛ/

• Audio (Philippines):

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Proper noun

Ternate

1. An island of Maluku, Indonesia.
2. The largest city in North Maluku, Indonesia.
3. A North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the island of Ternate.

   Synonyms: Ternatese, Ternatean

4. A municipality of Cavite, Philippines.

Translations

island in Maluku, Indonesia

• Indonesian: Ternate
• Japanese: テルナテ
• Marathi: तेर्नाते (ternāte)
• Portuguese: Ternate (pt)
• Russian: Терна́те (Ternáte)
• Spanish: Ternate
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

a North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia

• Indonesian: bahasa Ternate (id)
• Marathi: तेर्नाते (ternāte)
• Ternate: Ternate, Tarinate
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ternate terms

Anagrams

• Arnette, entreat, ratteen

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tərˈnate/ [t̪ərˈna.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: Ter‧na‧te

Proper noun

Ternate

1. Ternate (an island of North Maluku, Indonesia)
2. Ternate (a city in North Maluku, Indonesia)

Further reading

• “Ternate”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Tagalog

Location of Ternate, Cavite

Etymology

The municipality in the Philippines is named after Ternate in the Moluccas (present-day Maluku, Indonesia) by its original inhabitants from the Sultanate of Ternate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /teɾˈnate/ [t̪ɛɾˈn̪aː.t̪ɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: Ter‧na‧te
• Homophone: ternate

Proper noun

Ternate (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜆᜒ)

1. Ternate (a municipality of Cavite, Philippines)
2. Ternate (a city in North Maluku, Indonesia)

Related terms

• ternate

See also

• Maragondon