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Ta·ga·log  (t-gälôg, -lg)

n. pl. Tagalog or Ta·ga·logs

1. A member of a people native to the Philippines and inhabiting Manila and its adjacent provinces.

2. The Austronesian language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based.

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[Perhaps Tagalog, river people : taga-, native of + ilog, river.]

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Tagalog [təˈgɑːlɒg]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -logs, -log a member of a people of the Philippines, living chiefly in the region around Manila

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family: the official language of the Philippines

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to this people or their language

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila Philippine Islands, Philippines - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands Filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
	2.	Tagalog - the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based Philippine, Filipino - official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages

Translations

Tagalog

n (Ling) → Tagal nt