barangayn.
/ˌbaraŋˈɡʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌbɑrəŋˈɡaɪ/, Philippine English /ˌbɑˌrɑŋˈɡɑɪ/ In the Philippines: a village, suburb, or other demarcated neighbourhood; a small territorial and administrative district forming the most local level of government.
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1840 Sailor's Mag. Jan. 152 They [sc. the caberas] are attorneys for their barangays in all matters concerning the community.
1896 A. J. Butler tr. F. Ratzel Hist. Mankind I. 443 The inhabitants of several barangays were compelled to leave their homes and settle down together in one place.
1922 Indianapolis Sunday Star 28 May (Fiction section) 3/2 She hurried to the large hut at the far end of the village, where she lived with the other maids of the barangay.
1976 New Yorker 3 May 84/2 Marcos has twice sought renewed public approbation of his rule by holding referenda in the nation's forty-two thousand barangays.
1994 Filipino Reporter (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 24 Mar. 16 The initiative process will raise, in effect, a second, alternative platform in every barangay.
2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 43/1 Thanksgiving festival to God and St Joseph, with twelve barangays competing for honours in an outdoor dancing competition.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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