barong tagalog

[ tuh-gah-luhg, -lawg, tah- ]

/ təˈgɑ ləg, -lɔg, tɑ- /

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noun

(in the Philippines) a man's long-sleeved formal overblouse, made of fine, sheer fabric, often embroidered.

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Origin of barong tagalog

From Tagalog baro ng tagalog literally, “Tagalog upper garment”

Too many of the literary works I come across these days are in Tagalog.
Gary Shteyngart: How I Write|Noah Charney|December 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The word itself means “highlanders,” golot being a Tagalog word for “mountain,” and I a prefix meaning “people of.”
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga|Cornelis De Witt Willcox
The Visayas, for example, would refuse sooner or later to acknowledge the Tagalog supremacy of Luzon.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga|Cornelis De Witt Willcox
The first four of these are known as Tagalog provinces; the fifth is inhabited by Ilocanos and Pampangans.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe

I have also seen it used many times in Manila by Tagalog who were caught out in a storm without an umbrella.
The Bontoc Igorot|Albert Ernest Jenks
Thence the application of the word expanded and it now corresponds to the Tagalog lam and the Cebu-Bisya s-dan.
The Manbos of Mindano|John M. Garvan