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tondo¹

  • /ˈtɒndoʊ/

Where it comes from

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.

noun tondos · tondi

  1. A round picture or other work of art. As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.

Tondo²

  • /tonˈdo/ Philippines

Where it comes from

From Tagalog Tondo.

proper noun

  1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  2. historical A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay

Translations

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noun a round work of art

Italianotondo
Русскийто́ндо tóndo

name district of Manila

EspañolTondo
한국어톤도 Tondo
日本語トンド Tondo
中文湯都 /汤都

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MLA

"tondo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tondo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tondo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tondo

Chicago

"tondo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tondo.

BibTeX
@misc{tondo_2026,
  title = {tondo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tondo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}