balikbayanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

balikbayan (複数形 balikbayans)

1. (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Conrado De Quiros, Flowers from the rubble, page 139:

     It's the time of year when balikbayans descend upon us in droves Ito remind us of how benighted we are.

   • 2011, Philippine Daily Inquirer, (headline), 12 July:

     2 balikbayans kidnapped in Zamboanga City.

   • 2015, Elaine Marie Carbonell Laforteza, The Somatechnics of Whiteness and Race, page 132:

     This dual citizenship enables him to return to the Philippines as a balikbayan.

派生語

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