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Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] Bignay: Valenzuela: Named for the bignay tree. [9] Binondo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. Buli: Muntinlupa: Named for the buri palm. Bungad: Quezon City: Filipino word for ...
Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, in the early 16th century [13] due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", [14] and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Rajah Matanda, the old king of Maynila, who was born ...
Named after Spanish Governor-General Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León.) [14] Aguinaldo, Ifugao (Spanish surname. Named after Filipino president Emilio Aguinaldo.) Alaminos, Laguna (Spanish surname. Named after Spanish governor general Juan Alaminos y Vivar.) [15] Albuera, Leyte (named after the village of La Albuera in Badajoz, Spain.)
Metro Manila: Bay City The nickname was adopted in 2015 by the city government as part of a tourism campaign. Bay City is a reference to the city bordering two bodies of water; Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. [67] Pasay: n/a: Metro Manila: The Travel City [68] Passi: Iloilo: Western Visayas: Sweet City at The Heart of Panay
America's First Chinatown, in reference to Spanish Manila's (and eventually American Manila's) Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown. [10] City of Man, a nickname given to the city by Imelda Marcos in the 1970s which was also the name of her tourism and infrastructure development campaign for the city as governor of Metro Manila.
The Arroceros Forest Park is considered as the "last lung of Manila". [183] Metro Manila is situated in a variety of ecosystems including upland forests, mangrove forests, mudflats, sandy beaches, sea grass meadows and coral reefs. Metro Manila is home to urban parks, nature parks, plazas, nature reserves, and an arboretum.
Motorways named after Spanish and American colonists were subsequently altered to those of Filipino nationalist leaders and figures. This practice continued with the adoption of Tagalog (via its standardised register, Filipino ) as the country's official national language.
With a population of 12,877,253 in 2015, Metro Manila is the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, and the tenth most populous metropolitan area in Asia. Its total area is 619.57 square kilometres (239.22 sq mi), smaller than Philippine cities Davao City , Puerto Princesa , Zamboanga City and Butuan , and Southeast Asian city propers ...