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calamba

Syllables: Ca·lam·baUS/kæˈlɑmbɑ/

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/kɐ.lɐmˈba/

calamba is the alternative form of calambac.

Meaning of calambac

Noun

calambac (uncountable)

  1. A fragrant wood; agalloch.

Proper noun capitalized: Calamba

Calamba

  1. A city in Laguna, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
  4. A municipality of Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

Origin of calamba

Borrowed from Tagalog Calamba and Cebuano Calamba, from kalamba.

Words formed from calamba

  • New Calamba

Questions about calamba

What does calamba mean?
Calamba means a city in Laguna, Philippines.
What is calamba the alternative form of?
Calamba is the alternative form of calambac.
What part of speech is calamba?
Calamba is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce calamba?
Calamba is pronounced /kɐ.lɐmˈba/ (Philippines).

Words near calamba in the dictionary

  1. calamaris
  2. calamars
  3. calamary
  4. calamata
  5. calamatas
  6. calamba
  7. calambac
  8. calambour
  9. Calame
  10. calamene
  11. calamenene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calamba (page history and authors); Calamba (page history and authors); calambac (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.

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