Calamba

Calamba

See also: Calambá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Calamba and Cebuano Calamba, from kalamba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧lam‧ba
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæˈlɑmbɑ/

Proper noun

Calamba

1. The largest city in Laguna, Philippines
2. A municipality of Misamis Occidental, Philippines
3. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Translations

city in the Philippines

Cebuano: Calamba Chinese: Mandarin: 卡蘭巴 (Kǎlánbā) Japanese: カランバ (Karanba) Korean: 칼람바 (Kallamba) Spanish: Calambá Tagalog: Calamba

Further reading

• Calamba, Laguna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /kaˈlamba/, [kʌˈl̪am.bʌ]

Proper noun

Calamba

1. a surname from Cebuano originating from Bohol
2. Calamba (a municipality of Misamis Occidental, Philippines)
3. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Etymology 2

From Tagalog Calamba, from kalamba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /kalamˈbaʔ/, [kʌ.l̪ʌmˈbaʔ]

Proper noun

Calambâ

1. Calamba (the largest city in Laguna, Philippines)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Calamba.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From kalamba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /kalamˈba/, [kɐ.lɐmˈba]
• IPA^(key): /kalamˈbaʔ/, [kɐ.lɐmˈbaʔ]

Proper noun

Calambá or Calambâ

1. Calamba (the largest city in Laguna, Philippines)
2. Calamba (a municipality of Misamis Occidental, Philippines)
3. a surname from Cebuano

Further reading

• “Calamba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018