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  2. Names of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Southern Italy - Wikipedia

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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)

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of provincial name etymologies of the Philippines

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    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]

  6. Flag of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. List of Metro Manila placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. History of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...

  9. Flags of the Philippine Revolution - Wikipedia

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    A set of flag purportedly used by the Katipunan, dubbed as the "Evolution of the Philippine", has been featured in postal stamps in the 1972 and the Philippine Centennial. The name of the set erroneously suggest that the modern Flag of the Philippines was derived or "evolved" from the flags used by the Katipunan and all of the flags themselves ...