barangay
- noun
- /bɑːrɑːŋˈɡaɪ/
- Philippine
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barangay
- I also dream of putting up my own foundation to help less fortunate kids get the proper education they deserve and/or a foundation that will improve or establish medical institutions in poor barangays.
Examples
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The Philippines has about a quarter of its population, or 20 million people, with no electricity, and has set an ambitious schedule to electrify 90 percent of the country's rural administrative areas, or barangays, by 2004, and 100 percent by 2006.
Academic text (2001) -
The province itself was divided into six municipalities, themselves divided into barangay, which were officially defined in the census as "the smallest political subdivision in the country" (n18) (Philippines 1975: xii).
Academic text (1995) -
According to the Philippine Department of Energy website, 81.6 percent of the barangays were electrified as of July.
Academic text (2001) -
In some areas of the Philippines, it is the NPA writ, not the government's, that extends into the barangays.
Academic text (1992) -
She tells them about the way the datu of a tribe would relegate work to all members of the barangay, so each man and woman contributed something of value to the community.
Fiction book (2000) -
The barangays themselves were made up of sitios or "neighborhoods," politically irrelevant but of direct concern to most Siquijorians, and made up of a variable number of households.
Academic text (1995) -
Barangay Disaster Brigades were organized to watch out for fires, and during the crucial forty-eight hours, air transport would be halted if the watch team received warnings from NASA in Houston.
Fiction book (1995) -
Each barangay in the Philippines hosts unique festivals to celebrate their local culture.
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The local government collaborates with every barangay to improve community health programs.
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During the elections, each barangay conducts its own voting process with appointed officials.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small group of houses in the countryside where people live and form a community
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3.2
A small community outside a city where people live
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word barangay comes from the old Filipino word balangay, the name of a wooden 'boat' used by early sea travellers. People who came together on a balangay formed a small community, so barangay now means the smallest local village or neighborhood in the Philippines.