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The American South and the Italian Mezzogiorno: Essays in Comparative History (2002) ISBN 0-333-73971-X; Doyle, Don. Nations Divided: America, Italy, and the Southern Question (2002) Moe, Nelson. The View from Vesuvius: Italian Culture and the Southern Question (2002) Spagnoletti, Angelantonio. Storia del Regno delle Due Sicilie (2008)
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.
Folk etymologies explaining the origin of the name include: misa-misa, a phrase that the natives used in the early days of Christianization of the northern coast of Mindanao to welcome priests that visited the area to celebrate mass; [79] and kuyamis, Subanon for a variety of sweet coconut that used to be the food staple of the natives. [80]
from cabuyao, common name for Citrus macroptera, a species of wild orange Cadiz: Negros Occidental: the Spanish city of Cádiz. [10] Cagayan de Oro: none: Cagayan, the Philippine province in northern Luzon, and the Spanish phrase de oro which means "of gold." Calaca: Batangas: from the roofs of the houses made of bamboos halves arranged over ...
How to properly display the Philippine flag. History of the Philippine Flag: Philippines – historical flags of 20th Century, flagspot.net; Filipino Flag – Learn Now FilipinoFlag.net (archived from the original Archived February 21, 2013, at archive.today on 2012-06-23) Watawat – Flags and Symbols of the Pearl of the Orient Seas
Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, wife of Felipe Agoncillo and daughter of Francisco Diokno Mariño, she is called "The Mother of the Philippine Flag," who sewed the original flag of the Philippines, first unfurled at the declaration of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898, while her Taal ancestral home owned by Francisco Mariño has been converted into a museum in Agoncillo's name.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] Bignay: Valenzuela: Named for the bignay tree. [9] Binondo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. Buli: Muntinlupa: Named for the buri palm. Bungad: Quezon City: Filipino word for ...