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  2. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Due to the economic boom of the city during the 18th and 19th centuries, the then Queen Regent of Spain raised the status of the town to the Royal City of the South on October 5, 1889. This honorific made Iloilo the first "Queen City of the South" where the city government was established. The title is also now claimed by Cebu City. As of 2013 ...

  3. Cebu City - Wikipedia

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    Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cebu), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people, [ 8 ] making it the sixth-most populated city in the nation and the most populous in the Visayas and the ...

  4. List of people from Cebu - Wikipedia

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    Former member of global pop group Now United, representing the Philippines. (Cebu City) Beauty Gonzalez - actress and model (Daanbantayan) Ben Zubiri – also known as Iyo Karpo was a composer, actor, and media personality in the Philippines. (Cebu City) Aiah Arceta - singer, rapper, dancer, model and member of P-pop girl group BINI (Lapu-Lapu ...

  5. Category:People from Cebu City - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "People from Cebu City" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Rodrigo Abellanosa;

  6. Nicknames of Iloilo City - Wikipedia

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    At the turn of the 20th century, the title evolved to what is now known as the Queen City of the South, after the city became second to the country's primate city of Manila in terms of economic importance. Following the city's economic downfall in the mid-1900s as a result of World War II destruction, Cebu City also adopted the title. City ...

  7. Queen City - Wikipedia

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    3.3 Philippines. 3.4 United States. ... Cebu City or Queen City of the South ... Name of Toronto This page was last edited on 23 ...

  8. Just Askin': It's our most popular nickname. Why is ... - AOL

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    The City of Seven Hills. Porkopolis. The 'Nati. We know Cincinnati by many names. Arguably our most recognizable moniker is the Queen City.

  9. Cebu - Wikipedia

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    The capital city of the province is also named Cebu City. The name is possibly derived from a hypothetical Proto-Philippine word *sug(e)bu meaning "to bathe" or "to wade into the water". [6] The word has evolved in the Cebuano language as sugbú, meaning "to dive into water" and also exists in other Philippine languages such as Tagalog and ...