"Cebu" meaning in English

See Cebu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /sɛˈbu/ [General-American, Philippines], /sɛˈbuː/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Spanish Cebú, from Cebuano Sugbo, from sugbo (“to dive into the water”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Cebú}} Spanish Cebú, {{der|en|ceb|Sugbo}} Cebuano Sugbo Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cebu
  1. An island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines Categories (place): Islands, Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Cebu-en-name-WZMkCVTz
  2. A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cebu City Categories (place): Cebu, Philippines, Places in the Philippines, Provinces of the Philippines Translations (province in central Philippines): 宿霧 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿雾 (Sok-bū) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿霧 (Chinese Mandarin), 宿雾 (Sùwù) (Chinese Mandarin), セブ (Sebu) (Japanese), सेबू (sebū) (Marathi), Себу́ (Sebú) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Cebu-en-name-cPnlqOO3 Disambiguation of 'province in central Philippines': 29 39 26 5
  3. Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines) Categories (place): Cebu City, Cities in Cebu, Philippines, Cities in the Philippines, Places in Cebu, Philippines, Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Cebu-en-name-pRn0YgQ3 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Provincial capitals of the Philippines, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bikol Central translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Ilocano translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tausug translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 38 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 20 45 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 4 5 6 11 7 5 6 11 11 6 5 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 6 11 7 5 6 11 11 6 5 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 19 21 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 20 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 18 21 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 19 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 18 21 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ilocano translations: 17 20 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 17 20 41 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 20 43 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 19 42 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 20 41 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 17 20 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 20 43 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 17 20 41 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 20 40 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 20 41 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 21 39 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 18 21 40 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Tausug translations: 17 20 40 22
  4. (historical) Rajahnate of Cebu Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Cebu-en-name-MtGY1eJ4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (city in the Philippines): Cebu (Cebuano), Sugbo (Cebuano), 宿霧市 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿雾市 (Sok-bū Chhǐ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿霧市 (Chinese Mandarin), 宿雾市 (Sùwù Shì) (Chinese Mandarin), セブ (Sebu-shi) (Japanese), सेबू (sebū) (Marathi), Себу́ (Sebú) [masculine] (Russian), Cebú (Spanish), Cebu (Tagalog) Translations (island in central Philippines): Cebu (Bikol Central), Cebú (Catalan), Sugbo (Cebuano), 宿霧 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿雾 (Sok-bū) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 宿霧 (Chinese Mandarin), 宿雾 (Sùwù) (Chinese Mandarin), Cebu (German), Zebu (German), Cebu (Ilocano), Cebu (Indonesian), セブ (sebu) (Japanese), 세부 (sebu) (Korean), Cebu (Malay), सेबू (sebū) (Marathi), Cebu (Portuguese), Себу́ (Sebú) [masculine] (Russian), Cebú (Spanish), Cebu (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'city in the Philippines': 22 34 40 4 Disambiguation of 'island in central Philippines': 34 33 27 5

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "22 34 40 4",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sebū",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "सेबू"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 34 40 4",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sebú",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Себу́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 34 40 4",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Cebú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "22 34 40 4",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
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    "Requests for review of Tausug translations",
    "Rhymes:English/uː",
    "Rhymes:English/uː/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bikol Central translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Cebuano translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hokkien translations",
    "Terms with Ilocano translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Tausug translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "Cebú"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish Cebú",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ceb",
        "3": "Sugbo"
      },
      "expansion": "Cebuano Sugbo",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish Cebú, from Cebuano Sugbo, from sugbo (“to dive into the water”).",
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        "en:Islands",
        "en:Places in the Philippines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Central Visayas",
          "Central Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Visayas",
          "Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Philippines",
          "Philippines#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cebu, Philippines",
        "en:Places in the Philippines",
        "en:Provinces of the Philippines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cebu City"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Central Visayas",
          "Central Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Visayas",
          "Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Philippines",
          "Philippines#English"
        ],
        [
          "Cebu City",
          "Cebu City#English"
        ]
      ]
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    {
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        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
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        "en:Cities in Cebu, Philippines",
        "en:Cities in the Philippines",
        "en:Places in Cebu, Philippines",
        "en:Places in the Philippines",
        "en:Provincial capitals of the Philippines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "Cebu City",
          "Cebu City#English"
        ],
        [
          "provincial capital",
          "provincial capital"
        ],
        [
          "Cebu",
          "w:Cebu"
        ],
        [
          "Central Visayas",
          "Central Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Visayas",
          "Visayas#English"
        ],
        [
          "Philippines",
          "Philippines#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rajahnate of Cebu"
      ],
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        [
          "Rajahnate of Cebu",
          "Rajahnate of Cebu"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Rajahnate of Cebu"
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɛˈbu/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛˈbuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebú"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Sugbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Sok-bū",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "宿霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sùwù",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "宿雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Zebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sebu",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "セブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sebu",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "세부"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sebū",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "सेबू"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sebú",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Себу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebú"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "island in central Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Sok-bū",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "word": "宿霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sùwù",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "word": "宿雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Sebu",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "word": "セブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sebū",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "word": "सेबू"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sebú",
      "sense": "province in central Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Себу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Sugbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿霧市"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Sok-bū Chhǐ",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "宿雾市"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "宿霧市"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sùwù Shì",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "宿雾市"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Sebu-shi",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "セブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sebū",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "सेबू"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sebú",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Себу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Cebú"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "city in the Philippines",
      "word": "Cebu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cebu"
}

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