Cagayan

From Spanish Cagayán, from various obsolete words for "river" in Philippine languages.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɡɐˈjan/

  • Audio (Philippines):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑɡəˈjɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːɡəˈjɑːn/

Cagayan

1. A province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tuguegarao.
2. A river in northeastern Luzon, Philippines.
3. Synonym of Gaddang (“language”).

• Cagayan Valley

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ga‧yan
• IPA^(key): /kaɡaˈjan/ [kɐ.ɡɐˈjan̪]

Cagayan

1. Cagayan (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tuguegarao)

• IPA^(key): /kaɡaˈjan/ [kɐ.ɡɐˈjan]
• (Ilocos, Cordillera, alternative) IPA^(key): /kaɡajˈʔan/ [kɐ.ɡaɪ̯ˈʔan]

Cagayán

1. Cagayan (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tuguegarao)

• IPA^(key): /kaɡajˈʔan/ [k̠ʌ.ɡai̯ˈʔʌn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Ca‧gay‧an

Cagayán

1. Cagayan (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tuguegarao)

• Kagayan

From *kagayan, a lost word meaning “river”, from Proto-Northern Philippine *kaʀayan (“river”). Compare Ilocano karayan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaɡaˈjan/ [kɐ.ɣɐˈjan̪]
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ga‧yan
• (Ilocos, Cordillera, alternative) IPA^(key): /kaɡajˈʔan/ [kɐ.ɣaɪ̯ˈʔan̪]
  • Syllabification: Ca‧gay‧an

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an

Cagayán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜄᜌᜈ᜔)

1. Cagayan (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tuguegarao)
2. Cagayan (a river in Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines)
3. Cagayan (a river in Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines)