Mapulon

• Apolon, Apulon
• Mapolon, Mapolong — archaic, Spanish-based spelling
• Mapulong — Laguna

Uncertain. Possibilities are:

• From ma- + pulong (“meeting”), because the seven “animals” of the constellation seem to meet together.
• From Mapulon, god of seasons in Tagalog mythology.
• Possibly from or related to Ivatan mapolon, an authority in the barangays of Batanes during the pre-historic period. The souls of the social upper class after death were said to enter the heavens and become stars.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈpulon/ [mɐˈpuː.lon̪]
• Rhymes: -ulon
• Syllabification: Ma‧pu‧lon

Mapulon (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (astronomy)

1. the star cluster Pleiades, reckoned as a constellation of seven goats; Seven Sisters

   Synonyms: Pulon-Pulon, Supot ni Hudas, Rosaryo

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