balangay

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Etymology 1[edit]

From Austronesian.

Noun[edit]

balangay

  1. a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines

Etymology 2[edit]

Named after the wooden watercraft.

Noun[edit]

balangay

  1. (obsolete) a barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines, headed by a barangay captain

Synonyms[edit]

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