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Where does “Halili” come from?

Halili (English) comes from Tagalog Halili, from Tagalog halili — A substitute, a successor, or a proxy.

Ancestry of “Halili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogHalili—
2TagaloghaliliA substitute, a successor, or a proxy
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