guwardiya sibil

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guardia civil.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡuˌaɾdiˌa siˈbil/, [ˌɡwaɾˌd͡ʒa sɪˈbil]
  • Hyphenation: gu‧war‧di‧ya si‧bil
  • Rhymes: -il

Noun

guwárdiyá sibíl

  1. (historical) civil guard (police force in colonial Philippines from the 1850s until the Philippine Revolution)
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