Naic, Cavite Etymology

The town was named Naic after the old archaic word "can(ia)ayic," meaning "town near one another" or "the other side" (Medina, 1992), while Alfredo B. Saulo contends that Naic is a highly cultured Tagalog word meaning "suburbs" or "countryside". Also, in Malaysia, Naic means "overboard".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naic

Special credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naic_Church

Church in town: 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of the Immaculate Conception Church, commonly known as Naic Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Naic in Cavite, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Imus. The church was constructed during the 1800s. When the friars discovered that the land at Naic was fertile, they became interested in settling there. It eventually led them to build the administration building of Casa Hacienda, presently occupied by the Naic Central School. Casa Hacienda de Naic is the only casa hacienda administered by friars in the Philippines that is still in use.

It has been believed that the original location of the Naic's poblacion was at the western side of the present site of the town. It was near a bridge constructed during the time of Juan Matavacas. The change of location of the poblacion happened in 1798 during the administration of Don Miguel de la Cruz, the first acting-monsignor of the town. The parish was established in 1796 and was headed by Pedro Antonio de Escuza

The church, constructed during the 1800s, was made up of wood and cogon grass. Later additions to the church, such as kopa, a pair of cruets, and ornamentation, were added six years after its initial construction. In 1835, the construction of a new stone church was administered by Don Pedro Florentino. Its construction resulted in an influx of people - from 18 barrios, or neighborhoods, in 1845 to 26 barrios in 1867. It reached up to 54 barrios in 1888.

During the revolutionary period, the church convent of Naic was used as the headquarters of Andres Bonifacio after the Tejeros Convention of March 22, 1897. The Naic conference was held at the church convent. It was in this conference that the old Tagalog letter of the flag was replaced by a "Sun of Liberty" with the symbolic eight rays. The sun was shown with two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

In 2014, the church was restored by the Wong Chu King Foundation. Further renovations by local craftsmen under architect Noel Gatus added an intricate, classical-style mosaic floor along its central nave. The millions of triangular marbles used were provided by Kaufman Stone.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naic_Church

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

From 1903 to 1917, the adjacent municipality of Ternate became part of Naic. Naic is also the very first town in the country to pass an ordinance banning pigs from the street. It had been a perennial problem of the country. It is one of the greatest achievements of Naic because the other towns followed suit.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐜:

The historic Casa Hacienda de Naic at Naic, Cavite

- Diocesan Shrine and Parish of the Immaculate Conception

- Casa Hacienda de Naic

- Padre Modesto De Castro Historical Marker

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐜:

- Pascual H. Poblete (was a Filipino writer, journalist, and linguist, remarkably noted as the first translator of José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere into the Tagalog language.)

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐜:

- George Canseco ( Filipino composer and former politician. He composed numerous popular Filipino songs.)

- Mary Rose Guiral (Beauty queen)

- Jezreal de Ocampo (Pinay actress/beauty queen)