Tagalog
a member of a Malayan people native to Luzon, in the Philippines.
the principal language of the Philippines, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.
Words Nearby Tagalog
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How to use Tagalog in a sentence
After Spanish, Tagalog is the second-most spoken non-English language in the county.
Filipino Residents Have Been Hit Hard by COVID – But No One Knows Just How Hard | Maya Srikrishnan | February 1, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThere are 43 contact tracers working for San Diego County or county contractors who speak Tagalog, according to county spokeswoman Sarah Sweeney.
Filipino Residents Have Been Hit Hard by COVID – But No One Knows Just How Hard | Maya Srikrishnan | February 1, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoToo many of the literary works I come across these days are in Tagalog.
The word itself means “highlanders,” golot being a Tagalog word for “mountain,” and I a prefix meaning “people of.”
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxThe Visayas, for example, would refuse sooner or later to acknowledge the Tagalog supremacy of Luzon.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt Willcox
The first four of these are known as Tagalog provinces; the fifth is inhabited by Ilocanos and Pampangans.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeI have also seen it used many times in Manila by Tagalog who were caught out in a storm without an umbrella.
The Bontoc Igorot | Albert Ernest JenksThence the application of the word expanded and it now corresponds to the Tagalog lam and the Cebu-Bisya s-dan.
The Manbos of Mindano | John M. Garvan
British Dictionary definitions for Tagalog
/ (təˈɡɑːlɒɡ) /
plural -logs or -log a member of a people of the Philippines, living chiefly in the region around Manila
the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family: the official language of the Philippines
of or relating to this people or their language
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