# Zamboanga
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole” - cognate with Malay sembuang) + place marker suffix -an, as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".

### Pronunciation

* (Philippines) IPA: /zɐmbˈwaŋ.ɡɐ/

### Proper noun

Zamboanga
* Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
* Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
* (historical) The Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899.

#### Coordinate terms

* Bangsamoro ~ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ~ BARMM
* Bicol ~ Bicol Region
* Cagayan Valley
* Calabarzon
* Caraga
* Central Luzon
* Central Visayas
* Cordillera Administrative Region
* Davao ~ Davao Region
* Eastern Visayas
* Ilocos ~ Ilocos Region
* Metro Manila, National Capital Region
* Mimaropa
* Northern Mindanao
* SOCCSKSARGEN
* Western Visayas
* Zamboanga Peninsula

#### Derived terms

* Zamboanga City

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕmbuang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 424
* ↑ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎, retrieved 13 September 2016

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (“flower garden”) or Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".

### Proper noun

Zamboanga
* Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
* Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
* (historical) Republic of Zamboanga

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Zamboanga.

### References

* ↑ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎, retrieved 13 September 2016

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θamboˈanɡa/ [θãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /samboˈanɡa/ [sãm.boˈãŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

### Proper noun

Zamboanga f
* Zamboanga

#### Derived terms

* chavacano de Zamboanga
* zamboangueño

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zamboanga, from Central Sama Samboangan (“mooring place”) from samboang (“mooring pole”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), as attested in the Velarde Map (1734). A popular folk etymology may also attribute it to either Indonesian jambangan (“flower garden”) or Malay jambangan (“flower garden”) or Tausug jambangan (“flower garden”) from jambang (“flower pot”) +‎ -an (“place marker suffix”), but this name has never been attested in any historical records prior to the 1960s with the place being attested usually instead as "Samboangan".

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /zamboˈaŋɡa/ [zɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /samboˈaŋɡa/ [sɐm.boˈaŋ.ɡɐ]
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Syllabification: Zam‧bo‧an‧ga

### Proper noun

Zamboanga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ)
* Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga Peninsula (an administrative region of Mindanao, Philippines)
* Zamboanga peninsula (a peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines)
* Province of Zamboanga (a former province of Mindanao, Philippines)
* (historical) Republic of Zamboanga

#### Coordinate terms

* Bangsamoro
* Bikol
* Calabarzon
* Caraga
* Davao
* Gitnang Luzon
* Gitnang Visayas
* Hilagang Mindanao
* Ilocos
* Kanlurang Visayas
* Lambak ng Cagayan
* Metro Manila, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon
* Mimaropa
* Rehiyong Administratibo ng Cordillera
* Silangang Visayas
* SOCCSKSARGEN
* Zamboanga

#### Related terms

* Zamboanga del Norte
* Zamboanga del Sur
* Zamboanga Sibugay

### References

* ↑ Enriquez, A.R. (2011 September 5) “Jambangan: the "Garden of Flowers" never was!”, in Antonio Enriquez's name‎, retrieved 13 September 2016