Malakanyang

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Malacañan Malacañang === Etymology === Borrowed from English Malacañang, from Spanish Malacañán, from Tagalog mamalakayahan (“place of fishermen”), or malakayahan (“place for fishing”), ultimately from lakaya (“to fish”). A common folk etymology is that the name was a univerbation of may +‎ lakan +‎ diyan. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /malakanˈjaŋ/ [mɐ.lɐ.xɐnˈɲaŋ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /malakanˈjaŋ/ [mɐ.lɐ.xɐn̪ˈjaŋ] Rhymes: -aŋ Syllabification: Ma‧la‧kan‧yang === Proper noun === Malakanyáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔) (specifically) Malacañang (building) (metonymic, Philippine politics) the Philippine executive government