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New Spain (Mexico) under López de Villalobos, who in 1542 named the islands for after the infant Philip, later Philip II. Pina, is an attempt at politically correct speech in order to prevent the Philippine name to refer to colonial conquest. Much like Native American over the colonial term 'indian'.

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