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As a result of more than three centuries of Spanish dominance in the islands that are now the republic of the Philippines, an overwhelming number of places in the country have Spanish or Hispanic names. As with Filipino surnames and many other aspects of Filipino culture, place names in the Philippines have received a great deal of Spanish influence, with many places in the former Spanish colony having been named after those in Spain and Latin America. The name ''Philippines'' itself originated from its old official name ''Filipinas'' in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish language has also become one of the country's official languages from the late 16th century until 1986 when it was designated as a voluntary language and it remains so to this day. ==Provinces== * Abra (Spanish for "opening." Originally the province was called ''El Abra de Vigan'' -- "The Opening of Vigan")〔(Provincial Profile of Abra )〕 * Aurora (Spanish given name. The province was named in honor of Aurora Quezon, wife of Philippine president Manuel Quezon.) * Camarines Norte (''Camarines'' is the plural form of the Spanish word ''camarín'' which means "boat sheds".) * Camarines Sur * Compostela Valley (named after its main topographic feature, the valley on which the town of Compostela is located. The town's name in turn may have come from the city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.)〔(Comval, one untouched by the Spanish )〕 * Isabela (Spanish given name. The province was named after Isabella II, the reigning queen of Spain at the time of the province's creation in 1856.) * La Union (Spanish for "the union," referring to the merging of towns from southern Ilocos Sur and northern Pangasinan that resulted in the creation of the province in 1854.)〔(Provincial Profile of La Union )〕 * Laguna (Spanish for "lake," or "lagoon," referring to the large body of freshwater (Laguna de Bay, Spanish for "Lake of Bay") that was named after the province's first capital, the town of Bay.)〔(Provincial Profile of Laguna )〕 * Negros Occidental (Spanish for "blacks," referring to the dark-skinned Negritos that inhabited the island and "west" referring to its geographical location being on the western side of the island of Negros) * Negros Oriental (Spanish for "black" and "east" pertaining to its geographical location in Negros - the division of the island was by royal decree issued by the King of Spain and executed the Governor General on January 1, 1890.) * Nueva Ecija (Spanish for "new Écija", after a town in province of Sevilla, whose topography Don Fausto Cruzat y Góngora associated to.) * Nueva Vizcaya (Spanish for "new Biscay", after the province in the Basque Country of Spain.) * Quezon (Spanish surname. The province, formerly known as Tayabas, was renamed in 1949 in honor of Philippine president Manuel Quezon.) * Quirino (Spanish surname. The province was named after Philippine president Elpidio Quirino.) * Rizal (Spanish surname. The province was named after Philippine national hero José Rizal.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Philippine place names of Spanish origin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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