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Surigao

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English

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Surigao

  1. A former province of the Philippines.
  2. Short for Surigao City (A city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao[1], volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧gao
  • IPA(key): /suˈɾiɡaw/ [s̪ʊˈɾ̪i.ɡɐʊ̯]

Proper noun

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Surigao

  1. Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)
  2. Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
  3. a surname from Cebuano

References

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  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao[2], volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Philippine Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (the Surigao River), from suligao (springwater).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Surigáo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. Surigao City (a city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)
  2. Surigao (a former province of the Philippines)

References

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  1. ^ Francia y Ponce de Leon, Benito, González Parrado, Julián (1898) La Islas Filipinas: Mindanao[3], volume 1, Havana: Subinspección de Infantería, page 197

Further reading

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  • Surigao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018