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Malakanyang
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Tagalog
tl:
Alternative forms
tl Malacañan
tl Malacañang
Etymology
tl en Malacañang, from tl es Malacañán, from tl tl mamalakayahan place of fishermen, or tl malakayahan place for fishing, ultimately from tl lakaya to fish. A common folk etymology is that the name was a tl may lakan diyan 1.
Pronunciation
Malakanyáng
Proper noun
Malakanyáng +
tl specifically Malacañang building
tl metonym Philippine politics the Philippine executive government
tl Buildings Manila