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  2. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.

  3. List of province nicknames in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Nickname officially given through Executive Order No. 120 issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2002. After the province's rodeo tradition which is an offshoot of the province's cattle-raising practice. [8] [9] Negros Occidental: Negros Island Region: Sugar Bowl of the Philippines After the province's sugarcane industry. The province ...

  4. Rizal (province) - Wikipedia

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    Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) east of Manila. The province is named after José Rizal, one of the main national

  5. List of provincial name etymologies of the Philippines

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    The name "Quirino" itself was ultimately derived from the Latin Quirinus, meaning "armed with a lance." [92] Rizal. Spanish surname. The province was named after José Rizal, inspirational figure of the Philippine Revolution and national hero. "Rizal" in turn, is a modified form of the Spanish word ricial, literally meaning "able to grow back ...

  6. List of demonyms for Philippine provinces - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines.These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines, which are also used as identifiers in common parlance.

  7. Filipino styles and honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Meaning *Panginoon, *Poon: Lord, Master. These two terms were historically used for people, but now are only used to refer to the divine i.e. 'Panginoong Diyos/Allah/Bathala' (Lord God). Po: Sir, Ma'am (Gender neutral). Derived from the words poon or panginoon, this is the most common honorific used. Ginang, Aling, Señora/Senyora: Madam(e), Ma'am

  8. Antipolo - Wikipedia

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    Antipolo is in the northern half of Rizal Province, close to its meridional center. [16] It is located on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Much of the city sits on a plateau averaging 200 meters (660 ft). It has the second-largest city area in the province, with an area of 156.68 km 2 (60.49 sq mi). The northern and southern ...

  9. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    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 ...