Zamboanga
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Zamboanga
- /zɐmbˈwaŋ.ɡɐ/ Philippines
Where it comes from
From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) + -an (locative suffix). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”). The original etymon is attested in the Velarde map (1734).
A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to Malay jambangan (“flower garden”), from jambang (“flower pot”) + -an (locative suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being historically attested usually instead as "Samboangan".
proper noun
- Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
- Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines).
- Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines).
- Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
- The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.
Translations
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name city in the Philippines
| Español | Zamboanga, Ciudad de Zamboanga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잠보앙가 jamboangga |
| 日本語 | サンボアンガ |
| 中文 | 三寶顏 /三宝颜 Sānbǎoyán |
| Français | Zamboanga |
| Deutsch | Zamboanga |
| Ελληνικά | Ζαμποάνγκα Zampoángka |
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title = {Zamboanga},
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