philippine entomology

Before the Spaniards conquered our land. Our conutry has been given by Asian explorers names. A chinese explorer during the Sung Dynasty named Philippines as Ma-yi which stands for gold and proximity to the chinese mainland. How ever, Ma-yi referred to an island of Mindoro in Luzon. Our country was also known as the Gems of the East, Emerald Islands, Treasure Islands of the Pacific, The Isle of Fear, Isles of Hope, Orphans of the Pacific and Land of the Morning.

When the Spaniards came during the 1500's Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named our country Filipinas after King Philip of Spain. Later on a Katipunan general Artemio Ricarte wanted to call our country the Rizaline Republic after our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. It never pushed through for during the American Era the Americans change it to Philippine Islands in the year 1946. President Ferdinand Marcos also wanted to change our country's name to Maharlika after his aspiration to make our country great.

The name Pearl of the Orient Seas was widely used in contemporary literature. The spaniards dubbed this name because of the richness and vast resources of our country. When the spanish colonizers in Manila found that Raha Sulayman's kingdom is a rich emporium of Asian trade.

Thus, before our country sticked to the name Philippines a lot of people have calling our country many names.

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philippine alphabet

For the past centuries our culture and heritage is at threat. We have lost track of our identity of who Filipinos really are. Part of our culture and heritage is our literature. The old Philippine alphabet amazed me in someway for it is also part of who I am as a filipino citizen.

For educational purposes only.

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