Word.ws English Dictionary

Balanga

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Philippines/bɐˈla.ŋɐʔ/

Balanga proper noun: a city, the provincial capital of Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines.

Proper noun

Balanga

  1. A city, the provincial capital of Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines.
    • Before a general court martial which convened at Balanga, Province of Bataan, Luzon, P. I., [...]
      Charge.—"Murder, in violation of the 58th Article of War."
      Specification.—"In that Private Pasquale Tuozzo, Company C, 32d Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, did, in time of insurrection, with malice...1900 December 6, Benj. Alvord, by command of Wheaton, General Orders No. 29, Bautista, P. I.: Headquarters Department of Northern Luzon

Origin of Balanga

From Spanish Balanga, from Kapampangan balanga.

Questions about Balanga

What does Balanga mean?
Balanga means a city, the provincial capital of Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines.
What part of speech is Balanga?
Balanga is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Balanga?
Balanga is pronounced /bɐˈla.ŋɐʔ/ (Philippines).

Words near Balanga in the dictionary

  1. Balandrans
  2. balandras
  3. balaneia
  4. balaneion
  5. balanephagous
  6. Balanga
  7. Balangasan
  8. balangay
  9. balangays
  10. balangeroite
  11. balanghai

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Balanga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Balanga.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/balanga. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.