# Vigan
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: Vi‧gan
* (Philippines) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡɐn/

### Proper noun

Vigan
* A city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Givan, Gavin, vagin-, vigna

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: Vi‧gan

### Proper noun

Vigan
* Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Bigan

### Etymology

Also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiɡan/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞ãn]
* Rhymes: -iɡan
* Syllabification: Vi‧gan

### Proper noun

Vigan ?
* Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigan. A common theory is that this word derived from Ilocano biga (“giant taro / Biga'a (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (“locative suffix”) where Alocasia macrorrhizos plants once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River, from which Captain Juan de Salcedo derived the city's name, after a misunderstanding with the locals, thinking he was asking the name of the plants. The other theory derives this word from Hokkien 美岸 (Bí-gān, literally “beautiful coast”), possibly by Chinese settlers in the area.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈviɡan/ [ˈviː.ɣɐn̪]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈbiɡan/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -iɡan
* Syllabification: Vi‧gan

### Proper noun

Vigan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)
* Vigan (a city, the provincial capital of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)