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Binondo en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈnon.do/ (Philippines)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Binondo, with the older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.

Meanings

  1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Baganga, Davao Oriental, Philippines.

Synonyms

Manila Chinatown

Translations (4)

es Binondo (district of Manila in the Philippines) · nan-hbl 岷倫洛 /岷伦洛 (district of Manila in the Philippines) · tl Binondo (district of Manila in the Philippines) · cmn 岷倫洛 /岷伦洛 (district of Manila in the Philippines)

wikipedia: Velarde map