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awan

Pronunciation: /ʔaˈwan/

“awan” is a Tagalog word. Its meaning in English:

numeral

  1. zero

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ilocano awan. Coined by Lupon sa Agham (Committee on Science) in the Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino) 1st edition, published in 1969 and edited by Gonsalo del Rosario.

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