Bataan

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish Bataan, from Tagalog Bataan.

Pronunciation

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Bataan

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  1. A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish Bataan, from Tagalog Bataan.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ba‧ta‧an
  • IPA(key): /bataˈʔan/ [bɐ.t̪ɐˈʔan̪]

Proper noun

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Bataan

  1. Bataan (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Balanga)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Related to Batanes? or Batangas? or batang?”

In the Velarde map (1734), it is spelled in Spanish as "Batan". In early Spanish accounts, it is also spelled as "Vatan" besides "Batan".[1]

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Bataán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. Bataan (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Balanga)

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References

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  1. ^ Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, editors (1903), The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume V., 1582-1583[1], Cleveland: The A. H. Clark Company

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