Negros Island was originally named Buglas. The Spaniards changed its name to Negros when they saw many dark-skinned people inhabiting the place.
The official name of the Philippines is the Republic of the Philippines.
The Republic of the Philippines is the official second name of the country.
The first name given to the Philippines by Magellan was "Archipelago of San Lazaro."
The capital of the Philippines is Manila.
The first Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established in 1565 by Spanish explorer Miguel Lรณpez de Legazpi. He founded the town of Cebu on the island of the same name, marking the beginning of Spanish colonial rule in the archipelago.
On Mactan Island, in the Philippines
Bedloe's Island, the name was changed to Liberty Island in 1956 by Congress.THe original name was Bedloe's Island.
There are 238 nameless islands in the Philippines.
It is the original name in French spelling (Haïti). The indigenous name for the island was Ayiti.
The original name of Liberty Island is Bedlos. It was changed by Congess in 1956 when the Statue of Liberty, given to the US by the Fench, was placed there.
It came from the original name Hawaike.
Because the original name of the Philippines was Filipinas. And Philippines is the anglicized word for Filipinas.
Three island countries of Asia are Indonesia, Philippines, and Japan.
The Philippines had no official name before the Spanish came. The Philippines where separate island ruled by different tribes and it was actually the spanish who united them into one nation.
Sandwich Isles
Taiwan
It is an Island on the westward side of Tofino Original name was -- Stubbs Island may or mat not bear that name now