Batangas

From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”).

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtaŋ.ɡɐs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑˈtæŋɡæs/

Batangas

1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Batangas City. Largest city: Lipa.
2. The capital city of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality.

   Synonym: Batangas City

• Batangas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batangas City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan, from batang +‎ -an.

• Hyphenation: Ba‧tan‧gas
• IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋɡas/ [bɐˈt̪aŋ.ɡɐs̪]

Batangas

1. a province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Batangas City; largest city: Lipa
2. Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality)

From Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtanɡas/ [baˈt̪ãŋ.ɡas]
• Rhymes: -anɡas
• Syllabification: Ba‧tan‧gas

Batangas f

1. a province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Batangas City; largest city: Lipa
2. Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality)

Borrowed from Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”). The province is named by the Spaniards after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈtaŋɡas/ [bɐˈt̪aŋ.ɡɐs], (colloquial) /bataŋˈɡas/ [bɐ.t̪ɐŋˈɡas]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡas
• Syllabification: Ba‧tan‧gas

Batangas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)

1. a province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Batangas City; largest city: Lipa

   Synonyms: (poetic) Batangan, (historical, archaic, poetic) Kumintang, (historical) Bonbon

2. Batangas (a city, the provincial capital of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality)

• Batangueño

• Kumintang
• Bonbon

• “Batangas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Batangas on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• Lungsod ng Batangas on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl