Bulan

See also: bulan

Bikol Central

Etymology

From bulan (“moon”).

Proper noun

Bulan

1. a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines.

Cebuano

Etymology

From bulan (“moon”).

Proper noun

Bulan

1. a surname from Cebuano

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbu.lɐn]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: Bu‧lan

Proper noun

Bulan (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜳᜮᜨ᜴)

1. a Hanunoo community on the upper Caguray River

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 89

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano Bulan, from bulan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbulan/ [ˈbuː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ulan
• Syllabification: Bu‧lan

Proper noun

Bulan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Cebuano

Related terms

• bulan
• buwan

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bulan is the 1,140^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,740 individuals.