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Pagadian
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Pagadían
English
Etymology
Multiple etymologies exist:
The city is believed to have been an en ill - trading post in the past, and so a blend of en ill pagad to wait + ill padian market are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
Possibly from en syb gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
Possibly from the Cebuano word ceb pangadyian a place to pray; land of prayers.
Also speculated to be derived from en syb pengadian school.
Pronunciation
en /pɐ.ɡɐˈd̪iː.ʔɐn̪/ Philippines
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mlgc1998-Pagadian.wav Philippines
Proper noun
en city/provincial capital p/Zamboanga del Sur r/Zamboanga Peninsula isl/Mindanao c/Philippines.
Translations
city in the Philippines
Cebuano: ceb Pagadian
Chinese:
Hokkien: zh
Mandarin: zh 帕嘎蒂安
Japanese: ja パガディアン
Maguindanao: mdh Pagadian
Russian: ru Пагадиан
Spanish: es Pagadían
Tagalog: tl Pagadian
Ukrainian: uk Пагадіан
Cebuano
Etymology
Multiple etymologies exist:
The city is believed to have been an ceb ill - trading post in the past, and so a blend of ceb ill pagad to wait + ill padian market are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
Possibly from ceb syb gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
Possibly from the Cebuano word ceb pangadyian a place to pray; land of prayers, from ceb pangadyi -an prayer.
Also speculated to be derived from ceb syb pengadian school.
Pronunciation
Pagadi7an
ceb Pa ga di an
Proper noun
ceb city/provincial capital p/Zamboanga del Sur r/Zamboanga Peninsula isl/Mindanao c/Philippines Pagadian
Derived terms
ceb Pagadianon
Maguindanao
Etymology
Multiple etymologies exist:
The city is believed to have been an mdh ill - trading post in the past, and so a blend of mdh ill pagad to wait + ill padian market are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
Possibly from mdh syb gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
Possibly from the Cebuano word ceb pangadyian a place to pray; land of prayers.
Also speculated to be derived from mdh syb pengadian school.
Proper noun
mdh city/provincial capital p/Zamboanga del Sur r/Zamboanga Peninsula isl/Mindanao c/Philippines Pagadian
Tagalog
Etymology
Multiple etymologies exist:
The city is believed to have been an tl ill - trading post in the past, and so a blend of tl ill pagad to wait + ill padian market are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
Possibly from tl syb gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
Possibly from the tl ceb pangadyian a place to pray; land of prayers, from ceb pangadyi prayer + ceb -an.
Also speculated to be derived from tl syb pengadian school.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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tl city/provincial capital p/Zamboanga del Sur r/Zamboanga Peninsula isl/Mindanao c/Philippines Pagadian