alkalde mayor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde mayor.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˌkalde maˈjoɾ/ [ʔɐlˌkal.d̪ɛ mɐˈjoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: al‧kal‧de ma‧yor

Noun

alkalde mayór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔) (historical)

  1. provincial governor in the Philippines during the Spanish period

Further reading

  • “alkalde mayor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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