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Surigao

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/sʊˈɾi.ɣaʊ̯/

Surigao proper noun: a former province of the Philippines. Also the ellipsis of Surigao City.

Proper noun

Surigao

  1. A former province of the Philippines.

Also used as

Surigao is also the ellipsis of Surigao City.

Origin of Surigao

From Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (“the Surigao River”), from suligao (“springwater”).

Words formed from Surigao

Phrases with Surigao

Questions about Surigao

What does Surigao mean?
Surigao means a former province of the Philippines.
What part of speech is Surigao?
Surigao is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Surigao?
Surigao is pronounced /sʊˈɾi.ɣaʊ̯/ (Philippines).

Words near Surigao in the dictionary

  1. suricates
  2. suricats
  3. suriclone
  4. Suriel
  5. Suriels
  6. Surigao
  7. Surigao City
  8. Surigao del Norte
  9. Surigao del Sur
  10. Surigaonon
  11. Surigaonons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Surigao (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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