Word.ws English Dictionary

balikbayans

balikbayans is the plural of balikbayan.

Meaning of balikbayan

Noun

balikbayan (plural balikbayans)

  1. (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country.
    • It's the time of year when balikbayans descend upon us in droves Ito remind us of how benighted we are.1990, Conrado De Quiros, Flowers from the rubble, page 139

Questions about balikbayans

What is balikbayans the plural of?
Balikbayans is the plural of balikbayan.

Words near balikbayans in the dictionary

  1. Balijas
  2. Balijuagan
  3. balik kampung
  4. balikbayan
  5. balikbayan box
  6. balikbayans
  7. Balikesir
  8. Balikian
  9. Balikians
  10. Balikpapan
  11. Balili

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: balikbayans (page history and authors); balikbayan (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: “balikbayans.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/balikbayans. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.