Bulakan

English

Etymology

From Tagalog Bulakan.

Proper noun

Bulakan

1. A municipality of Bulacan, Philippines.

Translations

municipality in Bulacan, Philippines

Cebuano: Bulakan Chinese: Mandarin: 布拉幹 / 布拉干 French: Bulacán Japanese: ブラカン Kapampangan: Bulakan Korean: 불라칸 (bullakan) Russian: Булакан (Bulakan) Spanish: Bulacán Tagalog: Bulakan

Anagrams

• kabluna, Kanbalu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Bulacan — proscribed

Etymology

See Bulacan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bulaˈkan/ [bʊ.lɐˈxan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Bu‧la‧kan

Proper noun

Bulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

1. Bulacan (a municipality of Bulacan, Philippines)
2. (proscribed, see usage notes) alternative form of Bulacan

Usage notes

According to Bulacan Provincial Ordinance No. C-004, passed on February 19, 2007, the spelling Bulakan is reserved for the municipality, while the spelling Bulacan is used for the province.

Related terms

• Bulakenyo

Further reading

• “Bulakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Bulakan, Bulacan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl

Anagrams

• kaluban