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Tagalog translation: United Kingdom

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English term or phrase:	United Kingdom
Tagalog translation:	United Kingdom

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14:16 Mar 5, 2003

English to Tagalog translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary

English term or phrase: United Kingdom

Trying to get the word U.K. translated into diferent languages.

Thank you

Yvonne

take your pick from these choices

Explanation:
Among Tagalog speakers, there are at least three approaches to translating "United Kingdom":

1) Inglatera (single "r") -- the most commonly used Tagalog translation. However, this actually refers to "England" and not "United Kingdom"

2) Gran Britanya -- also fairly commonly used. Similarly, this does not refer to "United Kingdom", but rather to "Great Britain".

3) United Kingdom -- many modern Tagalog speakers, especially during casual conversation and not for lingustic purposes, prefer to use the original source term "United Kingdom". This is also the case for all the other countries--in large part because Tagalog has yet to come up with a formally- and universally-accepted list of bonafide direct equivalents for country names. From mobile phones to packaging and even to some "Tagalog-language" books, this has been the case for the longest time...

Hope this helps!