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The natives, not knowing the Spanish tongue, answered that the flow of the river in that part was downstream -"paluslos"-, which the...

The name "Tingloy" was, according to legend, derived from a plant of almost the same name, "tinghoy", which is still found in abundance...

The name, Casiguran, is conjectured to derive from Gugurang, after the deity of the indigenous Ibalon peoples of Southern Luzon, from the...

The name of the parish was adopted from the name of a medieval city in Southern Spain, particularly situated at the bank of a river known...

The name of the city was derived from taga-giik, the Tagalog word for rice threshers. In the 1570s, the male citizens of the town, who...

Originally named Tigbi by the Spanish colonizers, this quaint little town was once a barrio of Malinao, Albay, in the late 1600s. The...

Pantabangan (Pantabanganan in the early 18th century) may have come from the root Ilongot word "Sabangan or Sabanganan," which means...

Legend says that the city was named after the romance of a tribal couple, Manda and Luyong. Manda was the lovely daughter of a Barangay...

The name "Agoo" is believed to have originated from a native tree locally known as "aroo" in Ilocano and "agoho" in Tagalog (Casuarina...

It derives its name from Aleurites moluccanus, a tree locally known as 'lumbang'. The province's capital town, Santa Cruz, as well as...

According to Miguel de Loarca, the Spaniards named the town Minalagua. Minalagua is a combination of two Spanish words meaning “mine of...

There is no official record on the meaning of Tagum, but a legend explains how the name Magugpo came about. In the beginning, Magugpo...

Kidapawan is derived from the words “tida” (supposedly meaning “spring”) and “pawan” (supposedly meaning “highland”) in the native Monuvu...

Mambajao became a town in 1855. The name was coined from the Visayan terms "mama-haw," meaning to usher in breakfast, and "bajao," which...

According to the anthropologist and historian Ludivina Opeña, the name Malaybalay in historical records can be traced to the name of a...

Lamitan is derived from the word Lami-Lamihan, which signifies a combination of Merrymaking and Conference. The town was named after the...

The decree in 1875 on the separation of Quinale from Guindulman did not explain why the name "Anda" was chosen. It was presumed that the...

Tomás Oppus was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He represented the second district of Leyte in the House of Representatives of the...

Taboc is the place where the name Calbayog began. Taboc, legend says, once abounded with “Bayog” trees. They were cut down and burned for...

The city's name is derived from ogmok, an archaic Visayan term for "lowland" or "depressed plain". The city also celebrates an annual...