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Cebu

/sɛˈbu/ · name

Meaning

  1. A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cebu City.
  2. Rajahnate of Cebu
  3. Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Philippines).
  4. An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of San Isidro, Isabela, Philippines.

Etymology / origin

From Spanish Cebú, from Cebuano Sugbo, from sugbo (“to dive into the water”).

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