Tacloban

From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /tɐkˈlo.bɐn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tækˈloʊbən/

Tacloban

1. A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

From Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

• IPA^(key): /taˈkloban/ [t̪aˈklo.β̞ãn]
• Rhymes: -oban
• Syllabification: Ta‧clo‧ban

Tacloban ?

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /takˈloban/ [t̪ɐkˈloː.bɐn̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oban
• Syllabification: Tac‧lo‧ban

Tacloban (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜈ᜔)

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)

From earlier Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

• IPA^(key): /takˈloban/, [takˈlu.ban]

Tacloban

1. Tacloban (a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines)