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(Original meaning: buying and/or selling in a market or advertising) Middle name — maternal surname or maiden name, in which Filipino full names were patterned from the Spanish & American naming conventions by sorting first the given name then a maternal surname before marriage and lastly, the paternal surname. (Original meaning: second given ...
Countries with institutes that are members of the ASALE. The Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language was established in Manila on July 25, 1924. The eleventh Spanish language academy in the world to be founded, its establishment reflected the preeminent position of Spanish as a language in the Philippines at the time despite already-existing cultural influences coming from the United States.
Vademecum filipino o manual de conversación familiar español-tágalog [a] is a classic Spanish-language textbook for learning the Tagalog language by Venancio María de Abella, first published in 1868. It is one of the oldest works of this type.
Zobel de Ayala family, prominent Spanish Filipino family; business billionaire person Enrique Zobel , industrialist, Philippine Air Force Colonel, pilot, polo player, philanthropist Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala , industrialist, philanthropist, member of the Zobel de Ayala clan
Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. [1] It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion.
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The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
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.