Tayabas

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tæˈjɑbɑs/

Proper noun

Tayabas

  1. (historical) A province of the Philippines; modern Quezon, and its historical sub-provinces, Aurora and Marinduque.
  2. A city in Quezon, Philippines.

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Tayabas.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈʝabas/ [t̪aˈʝa.β̞as]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taˈʃabas/ [t̪aˈʃa.β̞as]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taˈʒabas/ [t̪aˈʒa.β̞as]

  • Rhymes: -abas
  • Syllabification: Ta‧ya‧bas

Proper noun

Tayabas ?

  1. (historical) Tayabas (a province of the Philippines; modern Quezon, and its historical sub-provinces, Aurora and Marinduque)
  2. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)

Derived terms
  • tayabense
  • tayabeño

Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

  • From tayabas, a variant of bayabas (“guava”)[1].
  • From tayaba (“a local practice of igba for planting crops”)[2].
  • From tagabas (“native fern”)
  • From tayaban (“night creature known for having wings that glow like a tropical firefly”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Ta‧ya‧bas
  • IPA(key): /taˈjabas/, [tɐˈja.bɐs]

Proper noun

Tayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

  1. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)
  2. (historical) Tayabas (a province of the Philippines; modern Quezon, and its historical sub-provinces, Aurora and Marinduque)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 塔亞巴斯／塔亚巴斯 (Tǎyàbāsī)
  • English: Tayabas
  • Japanese: タヤバス (Tayabasu)
  • Spanish: Tayabas

References
  1. jamathewcat (2017-08-09), “History Of Tayabas”, in Luis Palad Integrated High School‎, retrieved 2023-05-17
  2. “Compiled and Edited by the Office of the Municipal”, in studylib.net‎ (in English), accessed 2023-05-30

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