Definitions
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- proper noun The common name for the six dialects of the Philippine Creole Spanish spoken in the
Philippines .
Etymologies
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The City of Zamboanga (Chavacano/Spanish: Ciudad de Zamboanga) is located at the southernmost tip of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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The City of Zamboanga (Chavacano/Spanish: Ciudad de Zamboanga) is located at the southernmost tip of Mindanao in the Philippines.
WN.com - Articles related to FEATURE : Historic Manila wants tourists to see past the decay 2010
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Kapampangan, Ilocano and Chavacano (Spanish creole).
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Kapampangan, Ilocano and Chavacano (Spanish creole).
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These are the MOTHER TONGUES of the various tribes of the Filipinos, some with millions like Cebuano and Tagalog, others with just a few hundred, like Agta-Aeta, or a few hundred thousand like the Spanish-based pidgin, Chavacano.
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For entries in Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Waray and Chavacano, translations in English are required.
Bisaya Bloggers 2009
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It was after the compliance of ransom money and return of kidnapped daughter that the Related Oral Communication in Zamboanga City bore Chavacano household terms such as "sawsawan"
American Chronicle 2008
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At the Sangguniang Panlungsod, City Councilor Juan "Kim" Elago said that the office of the City Mayor should have first consulted the public or the city council before singing the national anthem in Chavacano during the program culminating the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival last Oct. 11.
Bisaya Bloggers 2008
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Lobregat offered to donate to Dalipe a copy of a Chavacano-Spanish English Dictionary so the vice mayor
Bisaya Bloggers 2008
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