Kalilayan

Borrowed from Tagalog Kalilayan.

Kalilayan (historical)

2. Former name of Quezon: a province of the Philippines, from 1591 to 1754, composed mainly of the southern part of modern Quezon province.
4. Former name of Unisan: a municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.

• Calilayan, Calilaya — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• Kalilaya
• Kaliraya — rare

Either from the following:

• From kalilayan, from lilay (“species of palm tree with leaves used for roofing”) +‎ ka- -an, literally “place of lilay; place where palm trees abound”. This is currently the most accepted etymology.
• From Kalaylayan (earlier spelled Calaylayan), from laylay +‎ ka- -an, possibly via monophthongization of the first syllable into /i/ (cf. bibay, pipay, sisay). Some old sources use Kalaylayan and Kalilayan interchangeably to refer to the former capital of Tayabas (now Quezon). Compare Kapampangan lelayan from root lele.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaliˈlajan/ [kɐ.lɪˈlaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: Ka‧li‧la‧yan

Kalilayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜎᜌᜈ᜔) (historical)

1. Kalilayan (former name of Quezon: a province of the Philippines, from 1591 to 1754, composed mainly of the southern part of modern Quezon province)
2. Kalilayan (former name of Unisan: a municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines)

• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot