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Parañaque
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English
Alternative forms
en P'que Pque
Etymology
From en es Parañaque, from earlier Palañac, an earlier Hispanized form of en tl Palanyag, attested in 1582, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
en /pɐ.ɾɐˈɲa.kɛ/ Philippines
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mlgc1998-Parañaque.wav Philippines
Proper noun
en independent city r/Metro Manila c/Philippines.
meronyms NCR Parañaque
Translations
city in the Philippines
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 巴蘭那克 baa1 laan4 naa5 hak1
Hokkien: nan-hbl 巴蘭玉計 Pa-lân-gia̍k-kè, nan-hbl 巴蘭迎計 Pa-lân-ngiâ-kè
Mandarin: cmn 帕拉尼亞克 Pàlāníyǎkè, cmn 帕拉納克 Pàlānàkè
Japanese: ja パラニャーケ Paranyāke
Korean: ko 파라냐케
Russian: ru Параньяке
Spanish: es Parañaque
Tagalog: tl Parañaque, tl Palanyag obsolete
Spanish
Etymology
From es Palañac, an earlier Hispanized form of es tl Palanyag, attested in 1582, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es independent city region/Metro Manila c/Philippines Parañaque
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Palañaque obsolete
Etymology
From tl es Parañaque, from es Palañac, an earlier Hispanized form of tl tl Palanyag, attested in 1582, of uncertain origin.
A common folk etymology is a phrase, es para aqui stop here, supposedly said by a Spaniard to a coachman when he wanted to stop in the area.
Pronunciation
LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mlgc1998-Parañaque.wav
Proper noun
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tl independent city r/Metro Manila c/Philippines Parañaque