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Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental comes from Spanish Negros Occidental.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNegros Occidental
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentNegros Occidental
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of negros + occidental ‘western’
Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘bare, naked’
Latin nigrum
Spanish negro ‘black’
Latin occidēns
Latin occidentālis ‘western, westerly’
Spanish occidental ‘western’
Every English word from Spanish Negros Occidental
Today it means
name A province of the Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Bacolod.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Negros Occidental / Negros Occidental