# banwa
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *banuaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /banˈwa/ [ban̪ˈwa]
* Hyphenation: ban‧wa

### Noun

banwâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ) (formal)
* town
    Synonym: barangay
* municipality
    Synonym: munisipiyo
* country; nation
    Synonym: nasyon

#### Derived terms

* banwaan
* himanwa
* kababanwa
* namamanwaan
* pamamanwaan

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* banoa, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ban‧wa
* IPA: /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]

### Noun

banwa (Badlit spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
* small town, neighborhood; community
    Synonyms: lungsod, ilawod
* fatherland, homeland
    Synonym: yutawhan
* countryside; uninhabited areas
    Synonyms: ilihan, ilaya
* thicket; forest
    Synonyms: kalibonan, lasang, sulop
* (obsolete) weather
    Synonym: panahon
* (obsolete) atmosphere
* (obsolete) horizon

#### Derived terms

* banwaanon
* banwahanon
* tagabanwa
* tagibanwa

#### See also

* barangay
* dakbayan
* lungsod
* munisipyo
* siyudad

### References

* John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 119
* Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 37

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Noun

banwa
* place

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban.wa]
* Hyphenation: ban‧wa

### Noun

banwa
* town; city; municipality; state; commonwealth
* citizenry; inhabitant

#### Derived terms

* banwahanon (“related to towns; pertaining to citizens”)
* dakbanwa (“city”)

## Kapampangan
### Noun

banwa
* Súlat Wáwâ spelling of banua

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

### Noun

banwa
* town

## Pangasinan
### Noun

banwá
* sun

### References

* Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* banoua, banua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
* banuwa — obsolete

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory supporting the life of a community”). Compare Ibatan vanua (“port”), Pangasinan banwa (“sun”), Kapampangan banua (“year, sky, heaven”), Cebuano banwa (“homeland”), Hiligaynon banwa (“town”), and Malay benua (“large expanse of land”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbanwa/ [ˈban̪.wɐ]
* Rhymes: -anwa
* Syllabification: ban‧wa

### Noun

banwa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜏ)
* (uncommon) town; native land; country
    Synonyms: bayan, inang bayan
* (politics, neologism) state; the government of a country or city-state
    Synonyms: estado, pamahalaan, bansa, bayan, kapangyarihan, kalagayan
* (obsolete) sky
    Synonym: langit
* (obsolete) weather
    Synonyms: panahon, klima, (archaic) bayan

#### Derived terms

* banwahanin
* dalubbanwa
* dalubbanwahan
* Nagkakaisang Banwa ng Amerika
* palabanwa
* sosyalistang banwa
* ulnubanwahin

#### See also

* bansa
* Tagbanwa

### References

* “banwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

banwá
* grass; weed; bush