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The name Felipina and Islas Felipinas originally applied to only Leyte, Samar, and their nearby islands before shifting to Islas Filipinas and spreading to the rest. This was borrowed into English as the Philippine Islands soon after, a name which was used throughout America's military and civilian occupations of the archipelago.
Aug 1, 2023 · Ophir is mentioned many times in the Bible, and Rep. Dan Fernandez of Laguna said it could actually be the modern-day Philippines. We dissect what the congressman was saying.
Aug 15, 2021 · Filipinas or Pilipinas, the name is as colonial as our name in English, the Philippines, with which the Americans rechristened us using the English translation of the name Felipe or Philip or, to be precise, Felipe de Asturias or Philip from the Asturias, later Philip II of Spain, after whom Ruy López de Villalobos named our islands in 1543.
Nov 11, 2009 · When they departed, we renamed it “The Philippines”. The name “Filipinas” is a tribute to the king of Spain during that time. He was Felipe II, who reigned from 1556 to 1598. It means that the islands are the king’s territorial property. In English, Felipe is Philip.
Jun 1, 2017 · Today the language is officially called Filipino and the country is Filipinas, though “Philippines” is still the English name. The official Filipino language recognizes both Filipino and Pilipino, and their feminine forms, as acceptable terms for the citizens of the Philippines.
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Oct 19, 2022 · Claims that the term “Filipino” is not a language and solely refers to the identity and/or nationality of citizens of the Republic of the Philippines are false.
NAMES FOR THE PHILIPPINES. The Philippines is named after King Philip II, the monarch who ruled Spain in the 16th century, when Spain claimed the archipelago as a colony. The name was coined, when Philip was still a prince, by the Spanish conquistador Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, who sailed from Mexico in 1542 in hopes of reaching the Philippines ...
