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, 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/, [pʌ.ɡʌˈd̪i.ʔʌn̪]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ga‧di‧an

Proper noun

Pagadian

1. Pagadian (a city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Sur, 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, 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 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.ɣɐˈdi.ʔɐn]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ga‧di‧an

Proper noun

Pagadian (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

1. Pagadian (the capital city of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines)