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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.
Friedrich is a German given name and the origin of the English Frederick. People with the name include: Arts. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding ...
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.
Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is the English form of the German name Friedrich.Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements frid, or peace, and ric, meaning "ruler" or "power".
Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War; Friedrich, a novel about anti-semitism written by Hans Peter Richter; Friedrich Air Conditioning, a company manufacturing air conditioning and purifying products; SS Friedrich, a German cargo ship in service 1941-45
The Philippines government claimed ownership of the funds transferred by Marcos in 1972 to Arelma S.A., which invested the money with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., in New York. [332] [333] [334] In July 2017, the Philippine Court of Appeals rejected the petition seeking to enforce the United States court decision. [335]
When a woman marries, she may: use her maiden first name and surname and add her husband's surname; use her maiden first name and her husband's surname; or use her husband's full name, but prefixing a word indicating that she is his wife, such as “Mrs.” [1] She may also decline to adopt her husband's surname and continue to use her maiden name since there is no law in the Philippines which ...