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The Philippines were named after King Philip II of Spain by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in 1543.
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Who gives name of the Philippines?
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Who gave the name of the Philippines?
The Philippines was named after King Philip II of Spain, who was the ruler when the islands were colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century.
What is a name of the Philippines?
The official name of the Philippines is the Republic of the Philippines.
What is the second name of the Philippines?
The Republic of the Philippines is the official second name of the country.
Whose Spanish gave the name Philippines?
Ruy López de Villalobos gave the name Las Islas Felipinas.During the Philippine Revolution, it changed to República Filipina.Then, the Americans called it the Philippine Islands.(translation of Las Islas Felipinas)
Who gave the name Las Islas Filipinas to the Philippines?
villalobos
Who gives name of the Philippines?
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Who is the first man who named the Philippines?
The man who named the Philippines was Ruy Lopez de Villalobos. He gave it the name Las Islas Filipinas which was in honor of Philip II of Spain. The name was changed to the Philippines in the 20th century.
Who gave the name of the Philippines?
The Philippines was named after King Philip II of Spain, who was the ruler when the islands were colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century.
Who gave the Philippines the Sanskrit language?
No one gave the Philippines the Sanskrit language. Sanskrit is a language of India.
The Spanish navigator who gave the name Philippines to the country?
Magellan gave it the name of San Lazaro in 1521 but the 1542 naming by Villalobos of Leyte and Samar as Felipinas to honor King Philip II of Spain is the name that stuck.
What is a name of the Philippines?
The official name of the Philippines is the Republic of the Philippines.
What is the second name of the Philippines?
The Republic of the Philippines is the official second name of the country.
What are the religions that the Americans gave to the Philippines?
Protestantism, Fundamentalism
When Did the Philippines Gave Independence?
JUNE 12, 1898
What was the colony that the US gave independence to in 1946?
The Philippines
What is the Philippines' official name?
The official name of the Philippines is "The Republic of the Philippines" (Republika ng Pilipinas in Filipino).
