Tayabas

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Tayabas

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  1. A city in Quezon, Philippines.
  2. (historical) A former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog Tayabas.

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  • 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

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Tayabas ?

  1. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)
  2. (historical) Tayabas (a former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibilities include:

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

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Tayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

  1. Tayabas (a city in Quezon, Philippines)
  2. (historical) Tayabas (a former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines; included parts of Aurora, Marinduque, and Camarines Norte at different points in time)

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Descendants

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  • Chinese:
  • English: Tayabas
  • Japanese: タヤバス (Tayabasu)
  • Spanish: Tayabas

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References

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  1. ^ “Compiled and Edited by the Office of the Municipal”, in studylib.net[1], 2023 May 30 (last accessed)
  2. ^ History of Tayabas – City of Tayabas Website”, in tayabas.gov.ph, 2024 February 19 (last accessed)

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