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Hiligaynon

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Philippines/hɪ.lɪ.ɡaɪ̯ˈn̪on̪/

Hiligaynon proper noun: language of the native people of Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island.

Proper noun

Hiligaynon

  1. language of the native people of Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island
    Synonyms:
    Ilonggo

Noun

Hiligaynon (plural Hiligaynons or Hiligaynon)

  1. an ethnic group from Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island in Visayas, Philippines
    Synonyms:
    Ilonggo

Hiligaynon meaning in Tamil

Hiligaynon in Tamil

இலிகீனம்

Synonyms of Hiligaynon

Forms of Hiligaynon

pluralHiligaynons
pluralHiligaynon

Origin of Hiligaynon

From Hiligaynon Hiligaynon, from Spanish hiligaino + Hiligaynon -non, where Spanish hiligaino is from Hiligaynon Iligan + Spanish -ino, with the root from ilig + -an.

Questions about Hiligaynon

What does Hiligaynon mean?
Hiligaynon means language of the native people of Iloilo and nearby areas of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros island.
What is Hiligaynon in Tamil?
Hiligaynon in Tamil is இலிகீனம். See Hiligaynon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Hiligaynon?
Hiligaynon can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hiligaynon?
Hiligaynon is pronounced /hɪ.lɪ.ɡaɪ̯ˈn̪on̪/ (Philippines).

Words near Hiligaynon in the dictionary

  1. Hilger
  2. Hilgers
  3. Hilgert
  4. hili
  5. hiliferous
  6. Hiligaynon
  7. Hiligaynons
  8. hilight
  9. hilighted
  10. hilighting
  11. hilights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hiligaynon (page history and authors); Hiligaynon (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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