"Names of the Philippines The name of the Philippines ( ; ) is a truncated form of ""Philippine Islands"", derived from the King Philip II of Spain in the 16th century. During the expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos to the islands, Spanish sailor Bernardo de la Torre used the name ""Las Islas Filipinas"" in honor of the then-Prince of Asturias, originally referring to the islands of Leyte and Samar. Despite the presence of other names, the name ""Filipinas"" (""Philippines"") was eventually adopted as the name of the entire archipelago. The official name of the Philippines, however, has changed throughout"
"War II, the official name of the country has been the ""Republic of the Philippines"". ""Philippines"" has steadily gained currency as the common name since being the name used in Article VI of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, with or without the definite article. Discovery in 2018 of stone tools and fossils of butchered animal remains in Rizal, Kalinga has pushed back evidence of early hominins in the archipelago to as early as 709,000 years. However, the metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago remains the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago"
"Philippines is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to one based more on services and manufacturing. Along with East Timor, the Philippines is one of Southeast Asia's predominantly Christian nations. The Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte and Samar ' after the then-Prince of Asturias. Eventually the name ' would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace,"
"Arroyo, the fourteenth President of the Philippines and a hispanophone, reintroduced the study of Spanish into the state school system. There are currently around 3 million Spanish speakers residing in the country, of whom a minority still speak the language in public. The name of the Philippines comes from the king of Spain Philip II. It was given by the Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos who named the islands of Samar and Leyte ""Las Islas Felipinas"" (The Philippine Islands), during his expedition in 1543. Throughout the colonial period, the name Felipinas (Philippines) was used, and became the official name"
"themselves colloquially as """"Pinoy"""" (feminine: """"Pinay""""), which is a slang word formed by taking the last four letters of """"Filipino"""" and adding the diminutive suffix """"-y"""". Other collective endonyms for the Filipino people include: """"Patria Adorada"""" (Spanish for ""Beloved Fatherland"") as popularized by Jose Rizal through his poem ""Mi último adiós"", """"Bayang Pilipino"""" (Tagalog: ""Filipino nation"") or the more poetic """"Sambayanáng Pilipino"""" (a formal term in Tagalog meaning ""one/entire Filipino nation""). In 2010, a metatarsal from ""Callao Man"", discovered in 2007, was dated through uranium-series dating as being 67,000 years old. Prior to that, the earliest human remains found in"
"Filipinos Filipinos () are the people who are native to, or identified with the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from various ethnolinguistic groups that are native to the islands or migrants from various Asia Pacific regions. Currently, there are more than 175 ethnolinguistic groups, each with its own language, identity, culture and history. The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was heavily influenced by Spain, China, and the United States of America. The Philippines was a Spanish colony for 333 years, and was part of New Spain. During Spain's occupation of the islands, the natives of the land"
"Filipino name In the Philippines, varying naming customs are observed, whether it is given name first, family name last, a mixture of native conventions with those of neighbouring territories, etc. The most common iteration amongst Filipinos is a blend of the older Spanish system and Anglo-American conventions, where there is a distinction between the ""Christian name"" from ""surname"". The construct of having several names in the middle name convention is common to all systems, but to have multiple ""first"" names and only one middle and last name is a result of the blending of American and Spanish naming customs. The"
"to reflect its origin and history, and to be inclusive to all the languages in the country that already have the new 8 letters of the modern Filipino alphabet (officially used since 1987) which includes the letter ""F"". Unlike Ireland which uses the name ""Éire/Ireland"" to identify itself at international meetings, the English name usually appears to identify the Philippines (e.g., when there are meetings in the United Nations or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in this setting. This is also the tradition even if the meeting is held within the Philippines. In many Philippine languages such as Tagalog,"
"the family joined him and temporarily resided there to avoid the anti-Filipino hostilities of the occupying Spain. While in Hong Kong, General Emilio Aguinaldo requested her to sew the flag that would represent the Republic of the Philippines. Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, with her eldest daughter Lorenza and a friend Delfina Herbosa Natividad, niece of Dr. Jose Rizal, manually sewed the flag in accordance with General Emilio Aguinaldo's design which later became the official flag of the Republic of the Philippines. While the flag itself is the perpetual legacy of Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, she is also commemorated"
"honor. It was Vice President Carlos P. Garcia who proposed the name ""Dagohoy"" in honor of Francisco Sendrijas alias Dagohoy. The name Dagohoy is a concatenation of the Bisayan phrase, ""Dagon sa huyuhoy"" or talisman of the breeze in English. The Dagohoy Memorial National High School in Dagohoy, Bohol is also named in his honor and memory. Dagohoy rebellion The famous Dagohoy rebellion, also known as Dagohoy revolution or Dagohoy revolt, is considered as the longest rebellion in Philippine history. Led by Francisco Dagohoy, also known as Francisco Sendrijas, this rebellion took place in the island of Bohol from 1744"
"languages of the Philippines. The constitution does not contain a provision specifically designating an official name for the country; however, ""Republic of the Philippines"" is used consistently throughout its provisions (in English). Article XIV, section 8 of the constitution also mandates that the constitution be also promulgated in Filipino but no such official Filipino version exists. """"Republika ng Pilipinas"""" is the ""de facto"" name of the country used in Filipino. When standing alone in English, the country's name is always preceded by the article ""the"". However, the definite article ""ang"" does not precede the name in Filipino contexts. The country"
"The seal was composed of the seal inscribed in a double marginal circle with the text ""Republic of the Philippines"". The seal had little revisions. In 1978, President Ferdinand Marcos, included the motto ""Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa"" and the inscription of the seal was made into ""Republika ng Pilipinas, Opisyal na Tatak"" Great Seal of the Philippines The Great Seal of the Philippines (Filipino: ""Dakilang Sagisag ng Pilipinas"") is used to authenticate official documents of the Philippine government. It may refer to the physical seal itself or the design impressed upon it. Under the law, the President of the Philippines"
"various traditional folk dances found throughout the Philippines. They are famed for their iconic performances of Philippine dances such as the ""tinikling"" and ""singkil"" that both feature clashing bamboo poles. One of the most visible Hispanic legacies is the prevalence of Spanish names and surnames among Filipinos; a Spanish name and surname, however, does not necessarily denote Spanish ancestry. This peculiarity, unique among the people of Asia, came as a result of a colonial edict by Governor-General Narciso Clavería y Zaldua, which ordered the systematic distribution of family names and implementation of Hispanic nomenclature on the population. The names of"
"Sabah. Filipinos Filipinos () are the people who are native to, or identified with the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from various ethnolinguistic groups that are native to the islands or migrants from various Asia Pacific regions. Currently, there are more than 175 ethnolinguistic groups, each with its own language, identity, culture and history. The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was heavily influenced by Spain, China, and the United States of America. The Philippines was a Spanish colony for 333 years, and was part of New Spain. During Spain's occupation of the islands, the natives of the"
"a non-exhaustive list of several common surnames from native Filipino languages. Variant surnames are listed beside their original forms. Language of origin are given in parentheses. Unlike their lowlander counterparts, Igorots living in the Cordillera Central in northern Luzon were not conquered by the Spaniards, thereby preserving their naming customs from foreign influence. Each group had their own naming customs, but generally, like Indonesian names, there is only one given name and no surname to speak of. The given name's meaning is usually connected to natural phenomena or objects, such as ""danum"" for water. It was only the Igorots who"
"has throughout its history been known as ""Filipinas"". In the 1930s, the scholar Lope K. Santos introduced the abakada alphabet for writing Tagalog which no longer used the letter ""F"" as this sound was absent and was usually pronounced by speakers of several Philippine languages as ""P"". The abakada alphabet also subsequently spread to other Philippine languages (which had been using spelling systems based on the Spanish ""abecedario""). Thus, the form ""Pilipinas"" propagated and came into general use. The Commission on the Filipino Language and National Artist, Virgilio S. Almario urges the usage of ""Filipinas"" as the country's official name"
"Antonio Luna, Felipe Calderón, General Isidro D. Torres and many others are forever engraved and enshrined in the annals of Philippine history, all of whom share one commonality. ""Lihan"" or ""Li Han"" was the ancient Chinese name for Malolos, whose leaders bore the title of ""Gat-sa-Lihan"" or ""Gatchalian"" meaning Ruler of Lihan (derived from ""Gat sa Li-Han"") under the Rajahs and Lacandolas of Tondo. It was in 1225 that a ""Li Han in the country of Mai"" was mentioned in the account of Chau Ju-Kua titled Chu-Fan-Chi. The Ma-i is one among many Prehispanic Philippine States such as the Rajahnate"
"TV campaigns. Juan dela Cruz Juan dela Cruz is the national personification of the Philippines, often used to represent the ""Filipino everyman."" He is usually depicted wearing the native ""salakot"" hat, ""Barong Tagalog"", long pants, and ""tsinelas"" (local term for the popular flipflops). Juan dela Cruz was coined by Robert McCulloch-Dick, the editor and publisher of The Philippine Free Press in 1900s. He noticed the frequency with which the names appeared on police blotters and court dockets. He was also notified that the Catholic Church baptized a massive number of children named after popular saints. He often wrote small verses"
"and ""peninsulares"" (Spaniards born in Spain), thus - in a way - a community of mestizos (half-breeds) with a hybrid culture. This is ""la filipinidad"" or ""the Filipinoness"" that Paterno showed in the novel. Ninay, the character, appeared as a specter at the latter part of the novel. The apparition of Ninay represented the ""ghostly image"" or the spirit of the seemingly absent yet present Filipino image or national identity. The national identity of the Filipinos, according to Matibag, is personified in the traces of Ninay's presence but ""contextualized"" by the memory of Ninay. The original Spanish version of the"
"day Philippines, as it was during that time that what is now a united islands of today now known as the Philippines was created. The Chinese influenced has been felt throughout Southeast Asia through trade, even before the Colonization of the region specifically Ming dynasty and other earlier dynasties as early as the 9th century. But it was during the Spanish colonization that modern day Chinese Filipino signature-mark on what is now the Philippines was developed. These cultures the melted from pre-colonial internal and external influence is very evident in the Pre-modern arts and tradition of the Philippines. Paintings of"
"""Vijaya"" would not be ""Bisaya"" but ""Bidaya"", or ""Biraya"". In 1960, John Carol suggested that the name originated from a cultural hero named Sri Visaya. Another theory is that the word Visaya (or Bisaya, as it is pronounced in the Philippines) comes from the word for the Hindu merchant, trader, herder, artisan, landowner (etc.) caste: the ""Vaishyas"", which can be traced back to Sanskrit, and assume that the label was given by the Sri Vijayans and others pirates and traders coming from India. Bisaya's indigenous people settled in Borneo thousands of years ago. The Bisaya were a people who were"
"alongside Uncle Sam. In modern times, he is shown independently as a venue for the common Filipino's commentary on governmental and social issues. The term, sometimes shortened to ""Juan"", also refers to the collective Filipino psyche. The name (Spanish for ""John of the Cross"") is often used as a placeholder name for an anonymous individual, roughly the equivalent of the American John Doe. The feminine placeholder is usually María dela Cruz, which like Juan is a common —albeit mostly legal and colloquially rare— first name among the Filipino women, though Juana dela Cruz is currently making mark in current Philippine"
"Pinoy Pinoy () is an informal demonym referring to the Filipino people in the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. A Pinoy with mix of foreign ancestry is called ""Tisoy"", a shortened word for ""Mestizo"". An unspecified number of Filipinos refer to themselves as ""Pinoy"" or sometimes the feminine Pinay instead of the proper word Filipino. Filipino is the proper word to call the people in the Philippines. The word is formed by taking the last four letters of ""Filipino"" and adding the diminutive suffix -y in the Tagalog language (the suffix"
"the Philippines, with some major differences. The indigenous peoples of the Philippines were referred to as Indios and Negritos. People classified as 'blancos' (whites) were the insulares or ""Filipinos"" (a person born in the Philippines of pure Spanish descent), peninsulares (a person born in Spain of pure Spanish descent), Español mestizos (a person born in the Philippines of mixed Austronesian and Spanish ancestry), and tornatrás (a person born in the Philippines of mixed Austronesian, Chinese and Spanish ancestry). Manila was racially segregated, with blancos living in the walled city of Intramuros, un-Christianized sangleys in Parían, Christianized sangleys and mestizos de"
"Juan dela Cruz Juan dela Cruz is the national personification of the Philippines, often used to represent the ""Filipino everyman."" He is usually depicted wearing the native ""salakot"" hat, ""Barong Tagalog"", long pants, and ""tsinelas"" (local term for the popular flipflops). Juan dela Cruz was coined by Robert McCulloch-Dick, the editor and publisher of The Philippine Free Press in 1900s. He noticed the frequency with which the names appeared on police blotters and court dockets. He was also notified that the Catholic Church baptized a massive number of children named after popular saints. He often wrote small verses about Juan"
"converted to Roman Catholicism, and adapted Spain's credos. The name ""Filipino"" was derived from the term """"las Islas Filipinas"""" (""the Philippine Islands""), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honour of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ""Felipe II""). During the Spanish colonial period the term ""Filipino"" was used to classify Spaniards born in the Philippine islands, while indigenous peoples of the islands were called ""Indio"". Historian Ambeth Ocampo has suggested that the first documented use of the word to ""Filipino"" to refer to Indios was the Spanish"
"Great Seal of the Philippines The Great Seal of the Philippines (Filipino: ""Dakilang Sagisag ng Pilipinas"") is used to authenticate official documents of the Philippine government. It may refer to the physical seal itself or the design impressed upon it. Under the law, the President of the Philippines is given the custody to the seal. Republic Act No. 8491 specifies a Great Seal for the Republic of the Philippines: The First Philippine Republic featured a seal composed of a equilateral triangle with three stars representing Luzon, Visayas, and ""Mindanao and Sulu"" and an eight rayed sun. There were several variations"
"Philippines covers the period from 1986 to the present time, and takes off from the acclaimed People Power Revolution in the EDSA Revolution of 1986 (named after Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Manila) that brought democracy and development potentials back to the country that was once in the perils of the Martial Law Era. From days, months, and even years of economic and financial collapse towards the end of that Martial Law Era came revolution, reform, and sustenance spearheaded by the Aquino, Ramos, Estrada, and Arroyo administrations that saw the Philippines get back on track and even through some"
"Philippines The Philippines ( ; or ' ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with"
"the course of its history. During the Philippine Revolution, the state officially called itself ""República Filipina"", now referred to as the First Philippine Republic. From the period of the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War until the Commonwealth period, United States colonial authorities referred to the Philippines as the ""Philippine Islands"", a direct translation of the original Spanish. It was during the American Period that the name ""Philippines"" began to appear, a name that was officially adopted. In addition to the ""Philippines"", the islands have historically had numerous other names. The 1987 constitution provides that Filipino and English be official"
"country in Southeast Asia that was a former part of the Spanish Empire. The Filipino terms ""ninong"" for godfather and ""ninang"" for godmother, were also borrowed from Hispanic custom, and apply to godparents in both a child's Baptism and the child's later Confirmation. In the context of a wedding, the terms instead refer to the principal sponsors of the couple. Godparents are noted features of fairy tales and folklore written from the 17th century onwards, and by extension, have found their way into many modern works of fiction. In ""Godfather Death"", presented by the Brothers Grimm, the archetype is, unusually,"
"""hechicero"" (""sorcerer""), ""sirena"" (""mermaid""), or ""maligno"" (""evil [spirit]""). In Islamized ethnic groups of the Philippines, these nature spirits are usually called ""jinn"" or ""saitan"". Ancestor spirits were usually represented by carved figures. These were known as ""taotao"" (""little human"", also ""taotaohan"", ""latawo"", ""tinatao"", or ""tatao""), ""bata-bata"" (""little child""), ""ladaw"" (""image"" or ""likeness""; also ""laraw"", ""ladawang"", ""lagdong"", or ""larawan""), or ""likha"" (""creation""; also ""likhak"") in most of the Philippines. Other names include ""bulul"" (also ""bulol"" or ""bul-ul"") or ""tinagtaggu"" (also ""tinattaggu"") among the Igorot; ""manaug"" among the Lumad; and ""tagno"" among Bicolanos. Among Tagalogs, ""taotao"" were also sometimes referred to as"
"España y Filipinas España y Filipinas, meaning “Spain and the Philippines” in translation, is an 1886 oil on wood by Filipino painter, ilustrado, and revolutionary activist, Juan Luna. It is an allegorical depiction of two women together, one a representation of Spain and the other of the Philippines. The painting, also known as España Guiando a Filipinas (""Spain Leading the Philippines""), is regarded as one of the “enduring pieces of legacy” that the Filipinos inherited from Luna. The painting is a centerpiece art at the Luna Hall of the Lopez Memorial Museum. The Spaniard woman “Motherland"" was drawn with “wide"