balwarte

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish baluarte. Doublet of bulebar and bulebard.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /balˈwaɾte/, [bɐlˈwaɾ.tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧war‧te

Noun[edit]

balwarte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. bulwark; bastion; stronghold
    • 1997, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas, Volume 1‎[1], →ISBN, page 96:
      Hindi nagkataon lamang na dumanas ang mga lalawigang ito ng maraming pag-aalsang agraryo at naging malalakas na balwarte ng Rebolusyong Filipino.
      It is not only a coincidence that the provinces experienced many agrarian revolts and became strongholds of the Philippine Revolution.

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Further reading[edit]

  • “balwarte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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