Pampangan

noun

Pam·​pan·​gan

pämˈpäŋgən

variants or less commonly Pampanga

-gə

or Pampango

-ŋ(ˌ)gō

plural Pampangan or Pampangans also Pampanga or Pampangas or Pampango or Pampangos

1

a

: a Christianized people of central Luzon, Philippines

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Austronesian language of the Pampangan people

Word History

Etymology

pampangan modification of Pampangan Kapampangan, from pampang river bank; pampanga probably alteration of Pampangan (taken as adjective); pampango from Spanish, modification of Pampangan Kapampangan

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