Word.ws English Dictionary

Maranao

Maranao noun: an indigenous people residing in the Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.

Noun

Maranao pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous people residing in the Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.

Proper noun

Maranao

  1. An Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people.

Maranao meaning in Tagalog

Maranao in Tagalog

Translations
Meranaw

Origin of Maranao

From Maranao Mëranaw (“people of the lake”).

Questions about Maranao

What does Maranao mean?
Maranao means an indigenous people residing in the Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.
What is Maranao in Tagalog?
Maranao in Tagalog is Meranaw. See Maranao meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Maranao?
Maranao can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Maranao in the dictionary

  1. maramut
  2. Maran
  3. Marana
  4. Maranan
  5. Maranans
  6. Maranao
  7. Maranda
  8. Marandas
  9. Marandellas
  10. Maranding
  11. Maranello

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Maranao (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: “Maranao.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/maranao. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.