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TAGALOG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tagalog" is a kind of...):

Filipino; Philippine (official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tagalog" is a kind of...):

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

Holonyms ("Tagalog" is a member of...):

Philippine Islands; Philippines (an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands)

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