balwarte

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === baluwarte === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish baluarte, from Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc. Doublet of bulebar and bulebard. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balˈwaɾte/ [bɐlˈwaɾ.t̪ɛ] Rhymes: -aɾte Syllabification: bal‧war‧te === Noun === balwarte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ) bulwark; bastion; stronghold ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “balwarte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018