Batangas
//bɐˈtaŋ.ɡɐs// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Batangas City. Largest city: Lipa.
- 2 The capital city of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality.
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More examples"Rose apple trees grew in the backyard of my grandparents' house in Ibaan, Batangas, Philippines. They are not really apples. The fruits are bell-shaped and pinkish red."
Etymology
From Spanish Batangas, from batangas, plural of batanga (“outrigger”), from Tagalog batang (“log”) + -a, after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City. See also Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”).
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