Palayan

See also: palayan

English

Proper noun

Palayan

1. A city serving as the capital of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

Tagalog

Etymology

From palayan (“rice paddy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlajan/ [pɐˈlaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: Pa‧la‧yan

Proper noun

Palayan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜌᜈ᜔)

1. Palayan (a city, the provincial capital of Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, Philippines)

Further reading

• “Palayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Palayan, Nueva Ecija on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl