Andalusiya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andalucía, from the Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus), الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus, “Iberia”), from Vulgar Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”), or possibly from Vandalic *Wandalitia (“land of the Vandals”) (or *Vandalitia) of the same Latin source, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔandaluˈsia/ [ʔɐn̪.d̪ɐ.lʊˈsiː.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: An‧da‧lu‧si‧ya
Proper noun
Andalusiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜓᜐᜒᜌ)
- Andalusia (a historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain)
Related terms
See also
- Bandalo
- Iberya