English

Northern Samar

From northern + Samar.

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘under’

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Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz

Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī ‘northern’

Old English norþerne

Middle English northerne

Waray-Waray samad

Spanish Sámar

English Samar

Today it means

name A province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: Catarman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Northern Samar