given name to philippines before the philippines?

Answer 1

CORRECTION:

ILONG-ILONG was the name given to the PANAY ISLAND because when spaniards passed by the Island to gather food, the river delta which greeted them was shaped like a NOSE. Thus the present name of the main province and capital city of the Panay Island - ILOILO.

Answer 2

I recently read that the name of the Philippines before the Spaniards came was Ma-I. So the Chinese have been calling the Philippines "Ma-I" for hundreds of years before the Spanish named it.

"Chinese annals from the Ming Dynasty referred to the islands south of China as Ma-i.

Specifically the name referred to Mindoro but more generally to the Philippine archipelago.

Before the advent of Spanish explorers, the group of islands located between 9 and 18 degrees latitude in the South China Sea had no common identity. It was Ferdinand Magellan who gave that group of islands the name "Islas de San Lazaro" because he arrived on Philippine shores on the feast of St. Lazarus."

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Answer 3

The country's name originated with Ruy López de Villalobos naming the islands of Samar and Leyte "Las Islas Filipinas," after King Philip II of Spain during his failed expedition in 1543. The archipelago was known under various names such as Spanish East Indies, New Castille (Nueva Castilla) and the St. Lazarus Islands (Islas de San Lázaro). Ultimately, the name Filipinas came to refer to the entire archipelago.

Answer 4

The country's name originated with Ruy López de Villalobos naming the islands of Samar and Leyte "Las Islas Filipinas," after King Philip II of Spain during his failed expedition in 1543. The archipelago was known under various names such as Spanish East Indies, New Castille (Nueva Castilla) and the St. Lazarus Islands (Islas de San Lázaro). Ultimately, the name Filipinas came to refer to the entire archipelago.

Answer 5

The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu, claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro.

Answer 6

The islands were called Indo-China Islands before the Spaniards came and renamed them to Philippine in honor of King Philip of Spain.

Answer 7

Mercator gave it the name of Isles Barrucas.
The Chinese gave it names such as 'Liu-sung' for Luzon and ''Ma-i' for Mindoro
Spaniards called it "islas del Poniente" (Western Isles), Portuguese called it "Islas del oriente (Eastern Isles).
Magellan gave it the name "Archipelago de San Lazaro" (St. Lazarus' Islands)
Legazpi gave Luzon the name "Nueva Castile" (New Castile).
Dutch referred to the Philippines as "Great Moluccas".

Answer 8

the philippines had no name before it was claimed by the fist europeans who landed here. remember during that time the various islands were inhabited by various tribes, headed by a local chieftain, and there was no over-all leader or king to rule over them.

Answer 9

The given name is "LLong-LLong" means 'nose like' mountain ranges with peaks located in center of the philippines.

Answer 10

before Las Islas Filipinas the Spaniards called it "the land of the painted ones"