población

noun

po·​bla·​ción

ˌpȯˌbläsēˈȯn

plural poblaciones

-ȯ(ˌ)nās

: a center of a municipality in the Philippines that is usually the barrio that gives the municipality its name and is the seat of government

Word History

Etymology

Philippine Spanish, from Spanish, population, town, from Late Latin population-, populatio people

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