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Tacloban

US/tækˈloʊbən/

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/tɐkˈlo.bɐn/

Tacloban proper noun: a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

Proper noun

Tacloban

  1. A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

Tacloban meaning in Tagalog

Tacloban in Tagalog

city in the Philippines
Tacloban

Origin of Tacloban

From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Questions about Tacloban

What does Tacloban mean?
Tacloban means a city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.
What is Tacloban in Tagalog?
Tacloban in Tagalog is Tacloban. See Tacloban meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Tacloban?
Tacloban is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tacloban?
Tacloban is pronounced /tɐkˈlo.bɐn/ (Philippines).

Words near Tacloban in the dictionary

  1. tacksman
  2. tacksmen
  3. tackt
  4. tackweed
  5. tacky
  6. Tacloban
  7. taclobo
  8. taclobos
  9. tacmahack
  10. Tacna
  11. tacnode

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