岷倫洛

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (岷倫洛) 岷 倫 洛
simp. (岷伦洛) 岷 伦 洛
alternative forms 岷淪洛/岷沦洛

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Binondo via Hokkien, with the old archaic spelling in Spanish Binondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, originally from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment”), from bundok (“mountain”) +‎ -in- (“verb infix”).

Manila (1734) as depicted in the Velarde Map. Binondo is illustrated on the left.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

岷倫洛

  1. (~區) Binondo (a district of Manila, Philippines)

Synonyms

  • 賓南杜/宾南杜
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