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The name "Philippines" is one of the tribes of the Old Testament in The Bible believed to have migrated east into South Asia.

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The name "Philippines" is derived from the Spanish name "Las Islas Filipinas", honoring King Philip II of Spain. The name was given by the Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in 1543.

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