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Binondo

/biˈnondo/

proper noun/biˈnondo/

Binondo (a district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines)

From an older form Binondoc or Minondoc, as attested in the Velarde map, possibly from Tagalog binundok (“formed into a mound or embankment; species of rice grown in fertile irrigated land”), from bundok (“mountain”) + -in- (“verb infix”), according to Nick Joaquin, or from *ming- + Tagalog tundok, according to Potet.

Binondo — Spanish Dictionary | Passage