Tagbanuwa

noun

Tag·​ba·​nu·​wa

¦täg(ˌ)bänə¦wä

variants or less commonly Tagbanua

plural Tagbanuwa or Tagbanuwas also Tagbanua or Tagbanuas

1

a

: a people of Palawan in the Philippines

b

: a member of such people

2

: an Austronesian language of the Tagbanuwa people

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