Banaag

See also: banaag

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Banaag or Hiligaynon Banaag.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ba‧na‧ag
• IPA^(key): /baˈnaaɡ/ [bɐˈn̪a.ɐɡ]

Proper noun

Banaag

1. a surname from Tagalog or Hiligaynon, common among residents of both Hiligaynon and Tagalog origin in Misamis Oriental.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From banaag (“gleam, daybreak”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ba‧na‧ag
• IPA^(key): /baˈnaaɡ/ [baˈna.aɡ]

Proper noun

Banaag

1. a surname from Hiligaynon

Tagalog

Etymology

From banaag, or borrowing from Hiligaynon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈnaʔaɡ/ [bɐˈn̪aː.ʔɐɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -aʔaɡ
• Syllabification: Ba‧na‧ag
• Homophone: banaag

Proper noun

Banaag (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜀᜄ᜔)

1. a surname from Tagalog or Hiligaynon

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Banaag is the 431st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 20,429 individuals.