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Hispanicized form of danawan, a Cebuano word for "small lake." [16] Dapitan: Zamboanga del Norte: from dapit, Cebuano for "to invite." [17] Dasmariñas: Cavite: Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, the seventh Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Davao City: none: Hispanicized form of dawaw, a Guiangan name for the Davao River. Digos: Davao del Sur
The Filipino given name Dranreb was invented by reversing the spelling of the English name Bernard, and someone calling himself Nosrac bears the legal name Carson. Joseph Ejército Estrada , the 13th president of the Philippines , began as a movie actor and received his nickname Erap as an adult; it comes from Pare spelled backwards (from ...
The Vital Statistics division of the Philippines Statistics Authority released lists of the most popular baby names in the Philippines in 2021. 10 most popular Filipino boy names with meanings.
Hispanicized and pluralized form of vatan, the indigenous name for the province's main island, of obscure origin, similar to the etymology of Bataan above. The term batang has cognates across various Austronesian languages, mostly being a word that means "the main part of something," such as "trunk" or "body" [16] (see Batangas below). On a ...
Named after the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, Juan Alaminos y Vivar.) Angeles, Pampanga (contraction of its original Spanish name El Pueblo de los Angeles which means "The Town of Angels.") Cadiz, Negros Occidental (named after the Spanish city of Cádiz. [8]) Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental ("Golden Cagayan") Calaca, Batangas ...
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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.
Named for a local type of nut tree which took the form of a cross. [28] La Huerta: Parañaque: Spanish for "the orchard." [29] La Loma: Quezon City: Spanish for "the knoll." [30] Laging Handa: Quezon City: Filipino for "always prepared," the motto of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines after whom the village was named. [31] Little Baguio: San ...