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kababayan

kababayan noun: a compatriot; a fellow Filipino.

Noun

kababayan (plural kababayans)

  1. (Philippines) A compatriot; a fellow Filipino.
    • The biggest and, I would say, most important of these businesses is the local branch of "Seafood City," a chain of Pinoy supermarkets, where all the kababayans go to get home-style patis, toyo, suka, […]2010, Lorenzo Paran (III.), An Isteytsayd Life (page 125)

Forms of kababayan

pluralkababayans

Questions about kababayan

What does kababayan mean?
Kababayan means a compatriot; a fellow Filipino.
What part of speech is kababayan?
Kababayan is a noun.
What is the plural of kababayan?
The plural of kababayan is kababayans.

Words near kababayan in the dictionary

  1. Kaatz
  2. Kaatzes
  3. kab
  4. kabaab
  5. kabab
  6. kababayan
  7. kababayans
  8. Kababish
  9. kababs
  10. Kabacan
  11. kabaddi

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