Iloilo

See also: iloilo

English

Etymology

From Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo/

Proper noun

Iloilo

1. A province of Western Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Iloilo City
2. An independent city, the provincial capital of Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines

Translations

province of the Philippines

• Arabic: إلويلو
• Azerbaijani: Iloilo
• Belarusian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Bulgarian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Cebuano: Iloilo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 依路 (ji¹ lou⁶)

  Hokkien: 怡朗 (Î-lóng) (Philippines, Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 伊洛伊洛 (Yīluòyīluò) (mainland China), 依路 (Yīlù) (Hong Kong), 怡朗 (zh) (Yílǎng) (Taiwan, Philippines)

• Czech: Iloilo
• Danish: Iloilo
• Dutch: Iloilo
• Estonian: Iloilo
• Finnish: Iloilo
• French: Iloilo
• German: Iloilo
• Greek: Ιλόιλο (el) (Ilóilo)
• Hebrew: אילואילו
• Hiligaynon: Iloilo
• Hindi: इलोइलो (iloilo)
• Indonesian: Iloilo
• Japanese: イロイロ (Iroiro)
• Korean: 일로일로 (illoillo)
• Macedonian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Malay: Iloilo
• Persian: ایلویلو
• Portuguese: Iloilo
• Russian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Илоило

  Roman: Iloilo

• Spanish: Iloílo
• Tagalog: Iloilo
• Thai: อิโลอิโล
• Turkish: Iloilo
• Ukrainian: Ілоїло (Ilojilo)
• Urdu: ایلویلو (elvelo)
• Vietnamese: Iloilo
• Waray-Waray: Iloilo

city in the Philippines

• Arabic: إلويلو
• Azerbaijani: Iloilo
• Belarusian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Bulgarian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Cebuano: Iloilo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 依路 (ji¹ lou⁶)

  Hokkien: 怡朗 (Î-lóng) (Philippines, Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 伊洛伊洛 (Yīluòyīluò) (mainland China), 依路 (Yīlù) (Hong Kong), 怡朗 (zh) (Yílǎng) (Taiwan, Philippines)

• Czech: Iloilo
• Danish: Iloilo
• Dutch: Iloilo
• Estonian: Iloilo
• Finnish: Iloilo
• French: Iloilo
• German: Iloilo
• Greek: Ιλόιλο (el) (Ilóilo)
• Hebrew: אילואילו
• Hiligaynon: Iloilo
• Hindi: इलोइलो (iloilo)
• Indonesian: Iloilo
• Japanese: イロイロ (Iroiro)
• Korean: 일로일로 (illoillo)
• Macedonian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Malay: Iloilo
• Persian: ایلویلو
• Portuguese: Iloilo
• Russian: Илоило (Iloilo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Илоило

  Roman: Iloilo

• Spanish: Iloílo
• Tagalog: Iloilo
• Thai: อิโลอิโล
• Turkish: Iloilo
• Ukrainian: Ілоїло (Ilojilo)
• Urdu: ایلویلو (elvelo)
• Vietnamese: Iloilo
• Waray-Waray: Iloilo

See also

• Panay

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• Ilo-ilo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: I‧lo‧i‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ʔiloˈʔilo/, [ʔɪ.l̪ɔˈʔi.l̪ɔ]

Proper noun

Iloilo

1. Iloilo (a province of Western Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Iloilo City)
2. Iloilo City (an independent city, the provincial capital of Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Iloílo, from Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiloˈʔilo/ [ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: I‧lo‧i‧lo

Proper noun

Iloilo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜁᜎᜓ)

1. Iloilo (a province of Western Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Iloilo City)
2. Iloilo City (an independent city, the provincial capital of Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines)