Maguindanao

See also: Maguindánao

English

Etymology

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /mɐˌɡin.dɐˈnaʊ̯/

Proper noun

Maguindanao

1. A former province of Mindanao, Philippines, split into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur
2. Maguindanao language
3. (historical) Sultanate of Maguindanao

Derived terms

• Maguindanao del Norte
• Maguindanao del Sur

Translations

former province of the Philippines

• Bikol Central: Maguindanao
• Cebuano: Maguindanao
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬京達瑙 / 马京达瑙 (Mǎjīngdánǎo)

• Japanese: マギンダナオ
• Maguindanao: Magindanaw
• Marathi: मागिनदानाओ (māgindānāo)
• Spanish: Maguindánao
• Tagalog: Maguindanao

language

• Marathi: मागिनदानाओ f (māgindānāo)
• Portuguese: maguindanao (pt) m

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Maguindanao terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

Proper noun

Maguindanao

1. Maguindanao (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Maguindanao (language)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Mang̃indanao, Mag̃indanao, Mag̃nindanao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Mangindanao, Mangindanaw — obsolete
• Magindanao, Magindanaw

Etymology

Ultimately from Maguindanao Magindanaw (literally “people of the flood; people of the lake”), from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”), with the specific form Maguindanao from Spanish Maguindánao. Doublet of Mindanao. See also Indonesian Mangindanau and Malay Magindanau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˌɡindaˈnaw/ [mɐˌɣin̪.d̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]
    • Rhymes: -aw
  • IPA^(key): /maɡinˈdanaw/ [mɐ.ɣɪn̪ˈd̪aː.n̪aʊ̯] (prescribed)
    • Rhymes: -anaw
• Syllabification: Ma‧guin‧da‧nao

Proper noun

Maguíndanáo or Maguindanao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines, split into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur)
2. (historical) Sultanate of Maguindanao

Noun

Maguíndanáo or Maguindanao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao language; Maguindanaon

   Synonym: Magindanawon

2. Maguindanao people

   Synonyms: Magindanawon, (obsolete) Mindanao

   • 1613, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language], page 337:

     mapagpamooc mandin ang manga Mang̃indanao

     The Maguindanaos are really fond of war.

Related terms

• danaw
• Iranun
• Lanao
• lanaw
• Magindanawon
• Meranaw
• Mindanao

 

Further reading

• “Maguindanao”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 281
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 364