English Explanatory Dictionary

Binondo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Baganga, Davao Oriental, Philippines.

Pronunciation

/bɪˈnon.do/

Word forms

Binondo

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.

Synonyms

Manila Chinatown
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