daang-bayan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• daambayan — superseded, pre-1977

Etymology

From daan +‎ bayan, literally “city road”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˌʔaŋ ˈbajan/ [d̪ɐˌʔam ˈbaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: da‧ang-ba‧yan

Noun

daáng-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. highway

   Synonym: haywey

See also

• abenida
• bulebar
• lansangan

 

Further reading

• “daang-bayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018