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/

  • Audio (Philippines):

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• (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

• Bulgarian: Кавите (Kavite)
• Cebuano: Cavite
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 甲米地 (zh) (Jiǎmǐdì), 甲美地 (Jiǎměidì)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• active

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kawit

Tagalog kawitbor.

Spanish Cavitebor.

Cebuano Cavite

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, borrowed from Tagalog kawit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧vi‧te
• IPA^(key): /kaˈvite/ [kaˈviː.t̪e]

Proper noun

Cavite

1. a province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure); largest city: Dasmariñas

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kawit

Tagalog kawitbor.

Spanish Cavite

Borrowed 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kawit

Tagalog kawitbor.

Spanish Cavitebor.

Tagalog Cavite

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, borrowed from Tagalog kawit, from Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”). Doublet of Kawit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈvite/ [k̠ɐˈviː.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /kaˈbite/ [k̠ɐˈbiː.t̪ɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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
• Etivac

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Etivac