Mapayapang

Mapayapang is a Filipino adjective meaning peaceful or calm. It describes people, places, or situations characterized by peace, order, and quiet.

It is derived from the root payapa, meaning peaceful or calm, with the prefix ma- forming a descriptive adjective. The form mapayapang is typically used before a noun to convey that the described thing is peaceful, for example mapayapang bayan (peaceful town) or mapayapang pamayanan (peaceful community).

In writing and speech, mapayapang appears in a range of contexts from everyday description to journalism and rhetoric. It may accompany nouns referring to places, events, or people, as in mapayapang gabi (peaceful night), mapayapang demonstrasyon (peaceful demonstration), or isang mapayapang bansa (a peaceful nation).

See also: payapa; kapayapaan; mapayapa.