Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandiganbayan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: sandi-gan-bayan
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A special court that tries corruption cases.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Sandiganbayan, from sandigan (“support”) + bayan (“people”).

Inflected Forms

the Sandiganbayan (canonical)

Questions

What does sandiganbayan mean?: A special court that tries corruption cases.
Where does sandiganbayan come from?: Borrowed from Tagalog Sandiganbayan, from sandigan (“support”) + bayan (“people”).

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