baryo
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish barrio, from Andalusian Arabic بري (barri, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بري (“savage”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bar‧yo
Noun
baryo
- A barangay; the smallest administrative district in the Philippines and is headed by a barangay captain.
Synonyms
- balangay, barangay