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Cavite. Hispanicized form of kawit or corruption of kalawit, Tagalog words for "hook," in reference to the small hook-shaped peninsula jutting into Manila Bay. [38] The name originally only applied to the peninsula (Cavite La Punta, now Cavite City) and the adjacent mainland coastal area (Cavite Viejo, now Kawit). Cavite City used to serve as ...
from borong, a Waray word for "fog", referring to the heavy fog that once covered the place. [7] Butuan: none: from batuan, a Visayan sour fruit. Cabadbaran: Agusan del Norte: from badbad, a Cebuano word which means "to untie." [8] Cabanatuan: Nueva Ecija: from banatu, a sturdy vine that grew along the swampy banks of Rio Grande de Pampanga. [9 ...
Poverty incidence of Cavite City 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2000 10.13 2003 5.66 2006 4.70 2009 5.50 2012 5.43 2015 6.94 2018 5.70 2021 12.71 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Culture Festivals and events The Original Venerated Image of San Juan Bautista de Cavite the true center of the annual Regada Festival. The city is home to the Annual Cavite City Water Festival or Regada, held from the ...
Carmona, Cavite (named after the town of Carmona in Seville, Spain.) Dasmariñas, Cavite (Spanish surname. Named after the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas.) El Salvador, Misamis Oriental (Spanish for "The Saviour", named after Jesus Christ.)
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The Spaniards would repeat the word until they adopt the name of the community. From then on this place was called Balanga. [9] Baguio: Benguet (geographically only) Cordillera Administrative Region: Summer Capital of the Philippines During the American period, Baguio became a chartered city and was declared the Summer Capital of the Philippines.
Cavite is the second-smallest province in the Calabarzon region, only after Rizal. Cavite occupies a land area of 1,526.28 square kilometers (589.30 sq mi), which is approximately 9.05% of Calabarzon's total land area, 3.07% of the regional area and 0.48% of the total land area of the Philippines.
Batangas Tagalog (also known as Batangan or Batangueño [batɐŋˈgɛn.ɲo]) is a dialect of the Tagalog language spoken primarily in the province of Batangas and in portions of Cavite, Quezon, Laguna and on the island of Mindoro.