From root: bulak
Usage Note
Bulakan refers to a place or field where cotton is cultivated or found in abundance.
Examples
" May bulakan sa probinsya. "
Natural Translation
There is a cotton plantation in the province.
Literal Translation
Have cotton-plantation in province.
" Dinala kami sa malawak na bulakan. "
Natural Translation
We were brought to a wide cotton plantation.
Literal Translation
Brought us to wide cotton-plantation.
" Noong panahon ng mga Espanyol, marami sa mga magsasaka ang napilitang magtrabaho sa malalawak na bulakan. "
Natural Translation
During the Spanish period, many of the farmers were forced to work in the vast cotton plantations.
Literal Translation
When time of the Spanish, many of the farmers the forced to-work in wide cotton-plantations.
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