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Maranao

noun
Mar·​a·​nao
variants: or less commonly Maranaw \ ¦marə¦nau̇ \
plural Maranao or Maranaos also Maranaw or Maranaws

Definition of Maranao

1a : a Moro people inhabiting the area around Lake Lanao and certain parts of central Cotabato province, Mindanao, Philippines, and northern Borneo
b : a member of such people
2 : the Austronesian language of the Maranao people

History and Etymology for Maranao

Spanish, from Maranao Maranáw, from ranaw lake

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