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Spanish interim governor-general of the Philippines (1897). Plaza Miranda: Quiapo: José Sandino y Miranda Spanish secretary of the Treasury of the Philippines (Spanish: Tesoro de Filipinas) (1853-1854). Plaza Moraga: Binondo: Fernando de Moraga The first parish priest of Santa Ana de Sapa (1605). Plaza Moriones: Intramuros: Domingo Moriones y ...
As a consequence of former American and, also earlier for a short period, British sovereignty over the islands that are now the Philippines, there are many places in the country with English names. English has been one of the country's two official languages since independence from the United States in 1946. As a result, many place names have ...
San Francisco del Monte (SFDM) / Del Monte: Quezon City: Named after St. Francis. Del Monte (from the mountain) was affixed to the name distinguish it from San Francisco de Manila, a Franciscan church in Intramuros, Manila. [17] Diliman: Quezon City: From dilim, a type of fern. [18] Divisoria: Manila Tondo and Binondo: Spanish for "dividing ...
Old name New name Crossing to city/municipality Agham Road/BIR Road Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue: Quezon City: Albay Street (San Francisco Del Monte) Bodino Street Quezon City: Alcman Street Lourdes Castillo Street Quezon City: Alley 19 (Pag-asa) R.G. Bartolome, Sr. Alley Quezon City: Arayat Street P. Bernardo Street Quezon City ...
The list of places named after places in the Philippines identifies namesake places and the eponymic Philippine place for which they are named. Places named for Philippine places namesake
Its former name is Montalban, from the town of Montalbán in Aragon, Spain.) Ronda, Cebu (named after the city of Ronda in Malaga, Spain.) Rosales, Pangasinan (Spanish surname. Named after Spanish member of the Real Audiencia Antonio Rosales.) Rosario, Agusan del Sur ("rosary" / from Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Spanish for "Our Lady of the ...
The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Atocha ), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo (the location of the Fuente de Neptuno , and of the Ritz and Palace five-star hotels) lying approximately in the middle.
The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.