balangay

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Etymology 1

From Austronesian.

Noun

balangay

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

Etymology 2

Named after the wooden watercraft.

Noun

balangay

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

Synonyms

• barangay, baryo

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Austronesian, also the origin of barangay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ngay

Noun

balangay

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