banawan

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === banauan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling ban-awan — obsolete === Etymology === From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) +‎ -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈnawan/ [bɐˈn̪aː.wɐn̪] Rhymes: -awan Syllabification: ba‧na‧wan === Noun === banawan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔) crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future) Synonym: bolang kristal (obsolete) vantage point; lookout Synonym: tanawan ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “banawan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “banawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 424: “Mirador) Banavan (pp) de doſe deſcubre mucha tierra, ſale de banau”