Tondo

From Tagalog Tondo, from Old Tagalog Tundun per the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (circa 900 A.D.).

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /tonˈdo/

Tondo

1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
2. (historical) A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay

• (districts of Manila):
  • Binondo
  • Ermita
  • Intramuros
  • Malate
  • Paco
  • Pandacan
  • Port Area
  • Quiapo
  • Sampaloc
  • San Andres
  • San Miguel
  • San Nicolas
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Mesa
  • Tondo

   

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Tondo m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Tongdo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Tundo — dated

Possibly from tundok, according to Potet (2016).^[1]

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tonˈdo/ [t̪on̪ˈd̪o]
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtondo/ [ˈt̪on̪.d̪o] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: Ton‧do

Tondó or Tondo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. Tondo (a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines)
2. Tondo (a historical polity in Luzon)