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Tagalog   /tˈægəlˌɑg/   Listen
Tagalog

noun
1.
A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila.
2.
The language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based.





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"Tagalog" Quotes from Famous Books



... adventuresome and excitable races, and such is the Malay. Pigafetta tells us of cock-fights and of bets in the Island of Paragua. Cock-fighting must also have existed in Luzon and in all the islands, for in the terminology of the game are two Tagalog words: sabong, and tari (cockpit and gaff). But there is not the least doubt that the fostering of this game is due to the government, as well as the perfecting of it. Although Pigafetta tells us of it, he mentions it only ...
— The Indolence of the Filipino • Jose Rizal


Words linked to "Tagalog" :   Filipino, Philippines, Philippine Islands, Philippine


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