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datu

datu noun: an indigenous Malay or Filipino chief.

Noun

datu (plural datus)

  1. An indigenous Malay or Filipino chief.

Forms of datu

pluraldatus

Phrases with datu

Questions about datu

What does datu mean?
Datu means an indigenous Malay or Filipino chief.
What part of speech is datu?
Datu is a noun.
What is the plural of datu?
The plural of datu is datus.

Words near datu in the dictionary

  1. Datterinis
  2. Dattilo
  3. Dattilos
  4. datto
  5. dattos
  6. datu
  7. Datu Abdullah Sangki
  8. Datu Ampunan
  9. Datu Anggal Midtimbang
  10. Datu Davao
  11. Datu Hoffer Ampatuan

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