Cavite

English

Location of Cavite

Etymology

From Spanish Cavite, a rendition of Tagalog Kawit, from kawit (“hook”), in reference to the hooked-shape peninsula where present-day Cavite City stands. Doublet of Kawit.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kɐˈvi.tɛ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈvi.teɪ/, /kəˈvi.ti/

Proper noun

Cavite

1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas
2. A city in Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines

   Synonym: Cavite City

Related terms

• Caviteño

Translations

province of the Philippines

• Cebuano: Cavite
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 甲米地 (Jiǎmǐde)

• Japanese: カヴィテ
• Russian: Кавите (Kavite)
• Spanish: Cavite
• Tagalog: Cavite

Further reading

• Cavite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cavite City on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, from Tagalog kawit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧vi‧te
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbite/, [kɐˈbi.t̪e]

Proper noun

Cavite

1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog kawit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbite/ [kaˈβ̞i.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: Ca‧vi‧te

Proper noun

Cavite ?

1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas
2. Cavite (a city in Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Cavite el Viejo
• caviteño

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Cavite
• → English: Cavite
• → Tagalog: Cavite

Further reading

• Provincia de Cavite on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Cavite on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Kabite

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, from Tagalog kawit. Doublet of Kawit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈvite/ [kɐˈvi.tɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /kaˈbite/ [kɐˈbi.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: Ca‧vi‧te

Proper noun

Cavite (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜆᜒ)

1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas
2. Cavite (a city in Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines)

Derived terms

• Caviteño

Further reading

• “Cavite”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cavite on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl