Where does “Maguindanao” come from?

Maguindanao (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from Maguindanao maginged, from Maguindanao inged — country.

Maguindanao (Tagalog): Sultanate of Maguindanao

Definitions

  1. Sultanate of Maguindanao

Ancestry of “Maguindanao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishMaguindánaoMaguindanao
2MaguindanaoMagindanawMaguindanao
3Maguindanaomagingednative, citizen, resident
4Maguindanaoingedcountry
Every word from Maguindanao inged →Every word from Maguindanao maginged →Every word from Maguindanao Magindanaw →