Tacloban

English

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Tacloban

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /tɐkˈlo.bɐn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tækˈloʊbən/

Proper noun

Tacloban

1. A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines

Translations

city in the Philippines

Cebuano: Tacloban Chinese: Cantonese: 獨魯萬 / 独鲁万 (duk6 lou5 maan6) Hokkien: 獨魯萬 / 独鲁万 Mandarin: 獨魯萬 / 独鲁万 (Dúlǔwàn), 獨魯班 / 独鲁班, 塔克洛班 (Tǎkèluòbān) (mainland China) Greek: Τακλομπάν (Taklompán) Hebrew: טקלובן (taklóban) Japanese: タクロバン (Takuroban) Korean: 타크로반 (takeuroban) Russian: Такло́бан (Taklóban) Spanish: Tacloban Tagalog: Tacloban Waray-Waray: Tacloban

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Tacloban

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈkloban/ [t̪aˈklo.β̞ãn]
• Rhymes: -oban
• Syllabification: Ta‧clo‧ban

Proper noun

Tacloban ?

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)

Derived terms

• taclobano

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

Tacloban

Wikipedia ^tl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /takˈloban/ [t̪ɐkˈloː.bɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -oban
• Syllabification: Tac‧lo‧ban

Proper noun

Tacloban (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜈ᜔)

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From earlier Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /takˈloban/, [takˈlu.ban]

Proper noun

Tacloban

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)