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  2. List of Metro Manila placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Old Tagalog word which means "a bowl plate" or "round and flat" in reference to the shape of the territory similar to a winnower. [23] [33] Malate: Manila: Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word maalat meaning salty. Malaya: Quezon City: Filipino word which means "free." [2] Malibay: Pasay: Old Tagalog word for "a place teeming with herds of ...

  3. List of provincial name etymologies of the Philippines

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    Hispanicized form of the Bagobo word dabo, meaning "to fall", [41] alluding to the drop in elevation the river that now bears the name undergoes on its way from the slopes of Mount Apo to the sea. A related word in the neighboring Obo language, davoh, means "beyond the high grounds" (i.e., the lowland). [42]

  4. Pasay - Wikipedia

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    Pasay, officially the City of Pasay (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasay; IPA: [ˈpaː.saɪ̯]), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people. [3] Due to its location just south of Manila, Pasay quickly became an urban town during the American colonial ...

  5. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Here are some examples of words with meanings unique to Philippine English: Accomplish [5] — To fill out a form. (Original meaning: to finish successfully) Advanced [7] [5] — Indicates that a clock or watch is ahead of the standard time. (Original meaning: state-of-the-art) Blowout [27] — To treat somebody with a meal; [60] a birthday ...

  6. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Pasay: none: Dayang-dayang Pasay, a Namayan princess. The city's old name was Pineda, after Spanish horticulturist Cornelio Pineda. Pasig: none: an archaic Tagalog word referring to the shore. Compare "dalampasigan", "pasigan", or Malay "pasir" ("sand") Passi: Iloilo: from passis, a Kinaray-a word which means "unhusked rice."

  7. Brahmananda Saraswati - Wikipedia

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    Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī) (21 December 1871 [1] – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India. [2] [3] Born into a Saryupareen Brahmin family, he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master. At age ...

  8. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...

  9. Bay City, Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Bay City, also known as the Manila Bay Freeport Zone and Manila Bay Area, is the name for the reclamation area on Manila Bay located west of Roxas Boulevard and the Manila–Cavite Expressway in Metro Manila, Philippines. The area is split between the cities of Manila and Pasay on the north side and Parañaque on the south. [1]