Kabayan

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • kabab'ayan

Etymology

From bayan (“town, homeland”).

Noun

Kabayan

  1. countryman or someone from the same town.

Usage notes

Kabayan is the proper way to address fellow Filipinos (meaning “coming from the the same country", or “fellow countryman”).

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