Pagadian

See also: Pagadían

English

Etymology

Multiple etymologies exist:

• The city is believed to have been an Iranun trading post in the past, and so a blend of Iranun pagad (“to wait”) + padian (“market”) are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
• Possibly from Central Subanen gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
• Possibly from the Cebuano word pangadyian (“a place to pray; land of prayers”).
• Also speculated to be derived from Central Subanen pengadian (“school”).

Proper noun

Pagadian

1. A city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines

Translations

city in the Philippines

• Cebuano: Pagadian
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 帕嘎蒂安

• Japanese: パガディアン
• Maguindanao: Pagadian
• Russian: Пагадиан (Pagadian)
• Spanish: Pagadían
• Tagalog: Pagadian
• Ukrainian: Пагадіан (Pahadian)

Cebuano

Etymology

Multiple etymologies exist:

• The city is believed to have been an Iranun trading post in the past, and so a blend of Iranun pagad (“to wait”) + padian (“market”) are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
• Possibly from Central Subanen gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
• Possibly from the Cebuano word pangadyian (“a place to pray; land of prayers”), from pangadyi (“prayer”) +‎ -an.
• Also speculated to be derived from Central Subanen pengadian (“school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɡaˈdiʔan/ [pɐ.ɡɐˈd̪i.ʔɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ga‧di‧an

Proper noun

Pagadian

1. Pagadian (a city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Pagadianon

Maguindanao

Etymology

Multiple etymologies exist:

• The city is believed to have been an Iranun trading post in the past, and so a blend of Iranun pagad (“to wait”) + padian (“market”) are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
• Possibly from Central Subanen gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
• Possibly from the Cebuano word pangadyian (“a place to pray; land of prayers”).
• Also speculated to be derived from Central Subanen pengadian (“school”).

Proper noun

Pagadian

1. Pagadian (a city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)

Tagalog

Etymology

Multiple etymologies exist:

• The city is believed to have been an Iranun trading post in the past, and so a blend of Iranun pagad (“to wait”) + padian (“market”) are widely accepted as the roots of the name.
• Possibly from Central Subanen gagadian, a bird that the native inhabitants call.
• Possibly from the Cebuano pangadyian (“a place to pray; land of prayers”), from pangadyi (“prayer”) + -an.
• Also speculated to be derived from Central Subanen pengadian (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paɡaˈdiʔan/ [pɐ.ɣɐˈd̪iː.ʔɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iʔan
• Syllabification: Pa‧ga‧di‧an

Proper noun

Pagadian (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

1. Pagadian (a city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)