barangay

American  

[bahr-uhng-gahy] / ˌbɑr əŋˈgaɪ /

noun

plural

barangays

1. in the Philippines, a village or community constituting a small administrative unit of local government.

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Other Word Forms

• inter-barangay
  adjective

Example Sentences

You don't have to walk far in Metro Manila to find poor neighbourhoods, or barangay as they are known.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023

In one barangay not far from Dr Arcilla's office lives Marilou Calica, a 47-year-old mother of six, who works as a part-time cleaner in a government office.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023

“Every barangay had specialty cooks who were called upon during happy occasions like fiestas and weddings. It’s just a matter of harnessing this cultural tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

The barangay kapitan, an elected official at the head of the community, had been compiling lists of local users.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2018

If the deceased had while living been employed in sea-raids, as a pirate, his coffin was made in the shape of a boat which they call barangay.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen