Imus, Cavite Etymology
- Jack Maico
- Apr 9
- 2 min read
There are four origins where the word Imus came from:
1. Tagalog word "Imus" - a piece of land cutting into the junction of two rivers. The old location of the church is in Toclong, where the confluence of Imus River and Julian River is located, forming a slice of land.
2. "Imus" originated from the Latin word "infimus," meaning lowland.
3. "Imus" is derived from the word "centimos," the smallest unit of metal currency during the Spanish Colonial Era. During that era, a detachment of Spanish soldiers was stationed at the Recollect estate house, and after they left, a few natives scrounged the place for articles left behind. They found several centimo coins and went away exclaiming in utter delight, "Centimos! Centimos!"
4. A young mother crooning her child to sleep with a plaintive Tagalog ditty called "limos." A group of Spanish soldiers, who had gone there for the first time, asked her for the name of the place, and the woman, thinking that they were asking her the name of the song, answered, "limos." The Spaniards went away, muttering the last syllable, "imus."
Special credits:
Church in Town: 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 (𝐈𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥)
Founded in 1795 as a Parochial Church by the Augustinian Recollect priests under the patronage of Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar) and St. John the Baptist, and by the administration of Fr. Francisco de Santiago, OAR, as its first Parish Priest.
In 1823, the church was moved from Toclong to Balangon (present-day Imus Town Proper), where it stands now.
The present church is made of stone and bricks and was built under Fr. Nicolas Becerra, OAR, who served from 1821 to 1840. The church was administered by Secular priests in 1897. On November 25, 1961, the birth of the Diocese of Imus, the church was declared a Cathedral and the Seat of the Diocese of Imus. It became the Mother Church of the Province of Cavite, with Nuestra Señora del Pilar as the Titular Patroness Saint of the Diocese of Imus and of the whole Province of Cavite.
source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Imus_Cathedral...
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: Imus was the site of two major Katipunero victories during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Battle of Imus was fought on September 3, 1896, and the Battle of Alapan, on May 28, 1898, the day when the first Philippine flag was flown, making Imus the "Flag Capital of the Philippines".
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐮𝐬:
- Bantayog Monument. City Plaza.
- Isabel Bridge. The historic Bridge of Isabel II in Imus, Cavite built by the priest-engineer of the Recollects during the Spanish Colonial period. ...
- Julian Bridge.
- Battle of Alapan Monument
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐮𝐬:
- Heneral Licerio Topacio
- Heneral Juan Castaneda
- Heneral Pantaleon Garcia
- Heneral Flaviano Yengco
- Koronel Jose Tagle
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐮𝐬:
- Christian Bautista
- Terrence Romeo
- Josh Cullen
- Princess Guevarra
- Panfilo Lacson
- Marcelito Pomoy
-Leonardo Sarao
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