Zamboanga

From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) +‎ -an (locative suffix). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”).^[1] The original etymon is attested in the Velarde map (1734).

A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to Malay jambangan (“flower garden”), from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (locative suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being historically attested usually instead as "Samboangan".^[2]

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /zɐmbˈwaŋ.ɡɐ/

• Audio (Philippines):

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Zamboanga

1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines).
3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines).
4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
5. (historical) The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.

• Zamboanga City

Borrowed from Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) +‎ -an (locative suffix), as attested in the Velarde map (1734). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”).^[1]

A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to Malay jambangan (“flower garden”), from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (locative suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".^[2]

Zamboanga

1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
5. (historical) Republic of Zamboanga

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Zamboanga.

• Samboangan (obsolete)

Attested in the Velarde map (1734). From Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) +‎ -an (locative suffix). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”).^[1] Compare Hokkien 三寶顏 / 三宝颜 (Sam-pó-gân, “Zamboanga”).

• IPA^(key): /θamboˈanɡa/ [θãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /samboˈanɡa/ [sãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

Zamboanga f

1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
5. (historical) Republic of Zamboanga

Borrowed from Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”), from sambuwang (“large mooring post”) +‎ -an (locative suffix), as attested in the Velarde map (1734). The root is cognate with Malay sembuang (“large mooring post”).^[1]

A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to Malay jambangan (“flower garden”), from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (locative suffix), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".^[2]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /zamboˈaŋɡa/ [zɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /samboˈaŋɡa/ [sɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

Zamboanga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
2. Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
3. Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
4. Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
5. (historical) Republic of Zamboanga