barangay

/bɑːrɑːŋˈɡaɪ/ /bærəŋˈɡaɪ/

Meanings

noun

The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.

Examples :

"My family and I live in Barangay San Isidro, which is part of Quezon City. "

Related Words

city noun

/sɪtɪ/ /ˈsɪɾi/

A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

"São Paulo is the largest city in South America."

smallest adjective

/ˈsmɔːlɪst/

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

"A small group."

part noun

/pɐːt/ /pɑːt/ /pɑɹt/

A portion; a component.

"The car's engine is made of many different parts. "

subdivision noun

/ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/

A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.

"The large city park was subdivided into smaller play areas for children of different ages. "

live verb

/lɪv/ /laɪv/

To be alive; to have life.

"My grandmother still lives a full life, despite her age. "

government noun

/ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/ /ˈɡʌvɚ(n)mənt/

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

"The government decided to raise taxes to fund new schools. "

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

"Our family lives in town."

municipality noun

/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

"The municipality held a meeting about improvements to the local schools. "

local noun

/ˈləʊkl̩/ /ˈloʊkl̩/

A person who lives near a given place.

"The local is helping organize the school fundraiser. "

which pronoun

/wɪt͡ʃ/

(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

"By now, you must surely know which is which."

unit noun

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

"The doctor prescribed a specific unit of vitamin D for the patient's bone health. "