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Tagalog (people)
The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon, and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and Zambales in Central Luzon and the island of Mindoro. Etymology The most popular etymology for the endonym "Tagalog" is the term ''tagá-ilog'', which means "people from longthe river" (the prefix ''tagá-'' meaning "coming from" or "native of"). However, the Filipino historian Trinidad Pardo de Tavera in ''Etimología de los Nombres de Razas de Filipinas'' (1901) concludes that this origin is linguistically unlikely, because the ''i-'' in ''ilog'' should have been retained if it were the case. De Tavera and other authors instead propose an origin from ''tagá-álog'', which means "people from the lowlands", from the archaic meaning of the noun ''álog'', meaning "low lands which fill with water when it rains". This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagalag People
The Tagalag are an Indigenous Australian tribe of Northern Queensland. Country The Tagalag tribal lands covered roughly around the Middle Gilbert River. Tagalaka Country covers various lands in the Gulf Savannah region around the townships of Croydon, Normanton and East Hayden. Their northern extension was close to the Einasleigh River, while the southern boundary was in the vicinity of the Gregory Range. The eastern frontier lay at Georgetown and Forsayth, while their western boundaries were around Croydon Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a Districts of England, local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater Lond .... Curiosity According to Norman Tindale, a number of the Tagalag have the B blood type which is otherwise quite rare in Australia. Alternative names * ''Dagalang'' * ''Da:galag'' * ''Takalaka'' * ''Targalag'' * ''Tarka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
