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  2. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Batangas: Batangas: from batang, Tagalog for "log", in reference to the trunks of logged trees that used to be floated down the Calumpang River which runs through the city. Bayawan: Negros Oriental: from bayaw, a Cebuano word which means "to hoist" or "to elevate." [3] Baybay: Leyte: Cebuano word for "shore." [4] Bayugan: Agusan del Sur

  3. Batangas Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Batangas Tagalog (also known as Batangan or Batangueño [batɐŋˈgɛn.ɲo]) is a dialect of the Tagalog language spoken primarily in the province of Batangas and in portions of Cavite, Quezon, Laguna and on the island of Mindoro. It is characterized by a strong accent and a vocabulary and grammar closely related to Old Tagalog. [citation needed]

  4. Batangas - Wikipedia

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    Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Batangas IPA: [bɐˈtaŋgas]), is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north, and Quezon to the east.

  5. Tagalog people - Wikipedia

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    Batangas is home to Taal Lake, home to 75 species of freshwater fish. Among these, maliputo and tawilis are unique local delicacies. Batangas is also known for kapeng barako, lomi, bulalo, and goto. Bistek Tagalog is a dish of strips of sirloin beef slowly cooked in soy sauce, calamansi juice, vinegar and onions.

  6. Old Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Old Tagalog; ᜆᜄᜎᜓ: Pronunciation [t̪ɐ̞gal̪og] Region: Philippines, particularly the present-day regions of Calabarzon and Mimaropa: Era: 10th century AD (developed into Classical Tagalog in c. 16th century; continued as modern Southern Tagalog dialects spoken in Aurora, [1] Calabarzon, and Mimaropa, most popular is the Batangas dialect.)

  7. Kumintang (historical polity) - Wikipedia

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    Kumintang (Baybayin: ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔) or Comintan in Spanish orthography, was a precolonial Philippine polity (bayan) situated north of the modern-day downtown of Batangas City in Southern Luzon, around the Calumpang River.

  8. List of acronyms in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    ALMASOR – Albay, Masbate, Sorsogon BAG – Baguio BARMM – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BUDA – Bukidnon-Davao BXU – Butuan Calabarzon – Region; Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon

  9. Subli - Wikipedia

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    The name sublî is a portmanteau of the Tagalog words subsób ("bent", "stooped", also "fall on the face") and balî (also "bent" or "broken"), referring to the posture adopted by male dancers. Both men and women dancers—called manunublî (meaning "person that does sublî ")—perform in pairs and various formations.