Dakbayan

citynoun

Alternative meanings

citynlarge urban areanimportant population centernmunicipality or urban area, depending on context

Pronunciation

dahk-BAH-yahn

Root and affixes

Compound related to dako, big, and bayan, town or community.

Variants or conjugations

syudad = city, common borrowed formnciudad = borrowed form that may appear in names or formal contextsnmga dakbayan = cities

Related words and expressions

bayan = town / communitynlungsod = town / city / municipalitynbarangay = neighborhood / local communitynprobinsya = provincenlugar = place

Meaning and usage notes

“Dakbayan” is a Cebuano form for city. In conversation, “syudad” is also heard as a borrowed form from ciudad/city, especially in everyday speech.