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Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya (Spanish name. Named after a Filipino politician.) Alfonso Lista, Ifugao (Spanish name. Named after a Filipino politician.) Aliaga, Nueva Ecija (named after the town of Aliaga in Aragon, Spain.) Alicia, Bohol (Spanish given name. Named after Filipino First Lady Alicia Syquia Quirino.) Alicia, Isabela
Early Spanish accounts render the name of the island in Spanish orthography as Ymaraes or Ymaras. [6] Ifugao. Hispanicized corruption of i-pugo, Ifugao for "of the hills" [47] or "of the earth," [48] both referring to the ethnic group and the rice handed to them by the god Matungulan, according to myth. The province was named after the ethnic ...
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
Spanish for "The Pineapples"; the city's old name however is "Las Peñas" meaning "The Rocks". [22] Legazpi: Albay: Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Ligao: Albay: from ticao, a Bicolano word for a tree with poisonous leaves. Lipa: Batangas: from lipa, a Philippine linden tree. Lucena: none
Families who had already adopted a prohibited surname but could prove their family had used the name for at least four consecutive generations. (Those were names prohibited for being too common, like de los Santos or de la Cruz or for other reasons.) Spanish names are the majority found in the books' list of legitimate surnames.
Filipino boy names and girl names often have Spanish influence, according to baby naming consultant Taylor Humphrey of What’s In a Baby Name. "As the Philippines were a Spanish colony for 333 ...
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 ...
There are several theories on the origin of the name "Terengganu". One theory attributes the name's origin to terang ganu, Malay for 'bright rainbow'. [5] Another story, said to have been originally narrated by the ninth Sultan of Terengganu, Baginda Omar, tells of a party of hunters from Pahang roving and hunting in the area of what is now southern Terengganu.