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binondo

/bɪˈnon.do/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
bi-non-do
IPA
/bɪˈnon.do/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

name

A barangay of Baganga, Davao Oriental, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Binondo, with the older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Binondo, binundok, tundok

Synonyms

Manila Chinatown

Questions

How do you pronounce binondo?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈnon.do/.
What does binondo mean?
A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Where does binondo come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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