Zamboanga en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /zɐmbˈwaŋ.ɡɐ/ (Philippines)
Etymology
From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) + -an (locative suffix). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”). The original etymon is attested in the Velarde map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to Malay jambangan (“flower garden”), from jambang (“flower pot”) + -an (locative suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being historically attested usually instead as "Samboangan".
Meanings
- Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
- Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines).
- Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines).
- Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
- (historical) The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.
Deriveds
Translations (16)
de Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · ceb Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · cmn 三寶顏 /三宝颜 (city in the Philippines) · es Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · nan-hbl 三寶顏 /三宝颜 (city in the Philippines) · cbk Ciudad de Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · es Ciudad de Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · el Ζαμποάνγκα (city in the Philippines) · tsg Sambuangan (city in the Philippines) · fr Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · ru Замбоанга (city in the Philippines) · cbk Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · mk Самбоанга (city in the Philippines) · tl Zamboanga (city in the Philippines) · ja サンボアンガ (city in the Philippines) · ko 잠보앙가 (city in the Philippines)