# Tacloban

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tɐkˈlo.bɐn/ · frequency rank #79,110

## Definitions
1. A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

## Etymology
From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tacloban