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”

Words nearby barong tagalog

baronetage, baronetcy, baronetess, baronetize, barong, barong tagalog, baronial, baronize, baron of beef, Barons' War, barony

How to use barong tagalog in a sentence

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