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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish colegio.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo
  • IPA(key): /koleˈhijo/ [ko.l̪eˈhi.jo]

Noun

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koléhiyo

  1. college
    Synonym: unibersidad

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium, from collēga + -ium. Displaced by elementarya. The sense "college" is a semantic loan from English college, introduced during the American colonial era.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koleˈhijo/ [ko.l̪eˈhi.o]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧le‧hi‧yo

Noun

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kolehiyo

  1. (obsolete or historical) school, especially an elementary school, during the Spanish colonial era
  2. college

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:kolehiyo.

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish colegio, from Latin collegium. The sense college is a semantic loan from English college.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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koléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. college
    Synonym: dalubhasaan
  2. (by extension) university
    Synonyms: pamantasan, unibersidad
  3. (obsolete) secondary school
    Synonyms: sekundarya, hay-iskul
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Further reading

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  • kolehiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018