Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kagay-anon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ka-gay-anon
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

Example Sentences

"As for the piece of land where Ah Fat used to be, it's still an unused empty lot, a silent witness to the life of a Cantonese immigrant named Yu New, who became a Kagay-anon known as Ah Fat and built a bakery that came to define an era […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano Kagay-anon, from kagayan, meaning "river".

Questions

What does kagay-anon mean?: A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
Where does kagay-anon come from?: Borrowed from Cebuano Kagay-anon, from kagayan, meaning "river".

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