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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)
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Who gives name of the Philippines?
christian nicole carino was gave named of Philippines
Who give the name Philippines?
The Spanish.
Who gave the name of the Philippines?
christopher Columbus
Who gave the Philippines its name?
christofer colombus
Name some reasons how Philippines got its name?
The Philippines was named after the Spanish prince Philip, who later became King Philip II. The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 365 years.
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.
Who gives name of the Philippines?
christian nicole carino was gave named of Philippines
Who give the name Philippines?
The Spanish.
Who gave the name of the Philippines?
christopher Columbus
Who gave the Philippines its name?
christofer colombus
Why does the name Philippines acquired its present name?
The Philippines acquired its present name from the Spanish King Philip II of Spain, who was monarch at the time the Spanish conquered the islands.
What is the name of the Philippines before the Spaniards came?
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.
Who gave the name Philippine to that country?
The Philippines was named in honor of Philip II, the Spanish king during the official establishment of the Philippine Islands as a colony of Spain.
Who gave the name Las Islas Filipinas to the Philippines?
villalobos
How Philippines got its name?
When the Spanish came to the Philippines they named it The Philippines after Prince Philip who later became King Philip II.
What is the name of the country whose capital is Havana and whose major language is Spanish?
It's Cuba.
State whose name is latin or spanish for mountainous?
Montana
