Malakanyang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Malacañan
Malacañang

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malacañang, from Spanish Malacañán, from Tagalog mamalakayahan (“place of fishermen”), or malakayahan (“place for fishing”), ultimately from lakaya (“to fish”). A common folk etymology is that the name was a univerbation of may +‎ lakan +‎ diyan.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /malakanˈjaŋ/ [mɐ.lɐ.xɐˈɲaŋ]
Rhymes: -aŋ
Syllabification: Ma‧la‧kan‧yang

Proper noun

Malakanyáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔)

(specifically) Malacañang (building)
(metonymically) the Philippine government

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