barong tagalog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barong tagalog
From Tagalog baro ng tagalog literally, “Tagalog upper garment”
Example Sentences
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The Philippines’ barong tagalog, a partially see-through, embroidered shirt sewn from pineapple fiber and silk, was featured in the 1996 summit and again in 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Such outfits--a Philippine barong tagalog in 1996 and an Indonesian batik shirt in 1994--are now high on the agenda.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manila, where he donned a green-embroidered, white barong tagalog before addressing a huge youth rally, he shook hands with more than 5,000 students.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wearing a bulletproof vest under his traditional white barong tagalog after reports of an assassination plot, the President held forth for 90 minutes before 3,000 cheering supporters at the Cebu Coliseum.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manila there was an embroidered barong tagalog for him to wear; in Djakarta, white-costumed Javanese dancers strewed frangipani blossoms in the presidential path.
From Time Magazine Archive
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