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This is a list of English language words of Tagalog language (Philippines) origin:
- abaca - a species of banana native to the Philippines. The plant is of major economical importance, being harvested for its fibre, called Manila hemp.
- boondocks - a remote, usually brushy rural area, the sticks, from the Tagalog bundok, which means "mountain" or the word bunduk (Bisayan Bukid) meaning "hinterland", i.e., land area inland, away from the shore.
- capiz - decoration material, made of mother-of-pearl shells that have the same name.
- cogon - type of grass, used for thatching, from the Tagalog word kugon.
- cooties from the common Austronesian and Tagalog kuto which literally means "head lice."
- manila (hemp) - a type of fiber obtained from the leaves of the abacá (Musa textilis), a relative of the banana.
- ylang-ylang - type of flower known for its fragrance.
- yo-yo - the toy.
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