Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kagitingan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kag-itin-gan
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

Etymology

Derived from Tagalog kagitingan (“heroism”), due to 8 out of its 10 major roads being named after national heroes (Magsaysay, General Luna, Rajah Soliman, Rajah Matanda, Lapulapu, Dagohoy, Kalantiao, and Lakandula, with the other two being Katipunan (“congregation”) and Kalayaan (“freedom”)). Created in 1969.

Word Breakdown

Root: kagitingan

Questions

What does kagitingan mean?: A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Where does kagitingan come from?: Derived from Tagalog kagitingan (“heroism”), due to 8 out of its 10 major roads being named after national heroes (Magsaysay, General Luna, Rajah Soliman, Rajah Matanda, Lapulapu, Dagohoy, Kalantiao, and Lakandula, with the other two being Katipunan (“congregation”) and Kalayaan (“freedom”)). Created in 1969.

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