Iloilo

From Spanish Iloílo, a modern variant of Ilong̃-ílong̃, a hispanization of Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

Iloilo

1. A province of the Philippines
2. An independent city, the provincial capital of Iloilo, Philippines

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• Ilo-ilo

Borrowed from Spanish Iloílo, a modern variant of Ilong̃-ílong̃, a hispanization of Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈloilo/, [ʔɪˈl̪uɪ.l̪ʊ]

Iloilo

1. Iloilo (a province of the Philippines)
2. Iloilo (a city in the Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Iloílo, a modern variant of Ilong̃-ílong̃, a hispanization of Hiligaynon Ilong-Ilong, from ilong (“nose”), from the nose-like shape of a promontory between the Iloilo River and Batiano River where the Spanish Fort San Pedro was located.

• Hyphenation: I‧lo‧i‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ʔiloˈʔilo/, [ʔɪ.loˈʔi.lo]

Iloilo

1. Iloilo (a province of the Philippines)
2. Iloilo (a city in the Philippines)