Maguindanao

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /mɐˌɡin.dɐˈnaʊ̯/

• Audio (Philippines):

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Maguindanao

1. A former province of Mindanao, Philippines, split into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.
2. Maguindanao language
3. (historical) Sultanate of Maguindanao

• Maguindanao del Norte
• Maguindanao del Sur

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maguindanao terms

From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".

• IPA^(key): /maɡinˈdanaw/ [mɐ.ɡɪn̪ˈd̪a.n̪ɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧guin‧da‧nao

Maguindanao (Badlit spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Maguindanao (language)
3. (historical) The Sultanate of Maguindanao

• Mang̃indanao, Mag̃indanao, Mag̃nindanao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• Mangindanao, Mangindanaw — obsolete
• Magindanao, Magindanaw

Ultimately from Maguindanao Magindanaw (literally “people of the flood; people of the lake”), from a blend of maginged (“resident”) +‎ danaw (“lake”), with the specific form Maguindanao from Spanish Maguindánao. Doublet of Mindanao. See also Indonesian Mangindanau and Malay Magindanau.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maɡindaˈnaw/ [mɐ.ɣɪn̪.d̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]
    • Rhymes: -aw
  • IPA^(key): /maɡinˈdanaw/ [mɐ.ɣɪn̪ˈd̪aː.n̪aʊ̯] (prescribed)
    • Rhymes: -anaw

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: Ma‧guin‧da‧nao

Maguindanáo or Maguindanao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines, split into the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur)
2. (historical) Sultanate of Maguindanao

Maguíndanáo or Maguindanao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

1. Maguindanao language; Maguindanaon

   Synonym: Magindanawon

2. Maguindanao people

   Synonyms: Magindanawon, (obsolete) Mindanao

   • 1613, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language], page 337:

     mapagpamooc mandin ang manga Mang̃indanao

     The Maguindanaos are really fond of war.

• “Maguindanao”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 281
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 364