NAMES OF THE PHILIPPINES
The following names refer to the Philippines:
* Pearl of the Orient Seas * Ma-i or Mayi (from Chinese records. It means Land of the Barbarians) * Chin-San (also from Chinese records. It means Mountain of Gold) * Liu-Sung (also from Chinese records. It means Land Adjacent to the Mainland) * San Tao (also from Chinese records. It means Three Islands). * Maniolas (by Claudius Ptolemy, the Greek mapmaker in 90-168 AD) * Archipelago of St. Lazarus (by Magellan) * Filipinas (by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in honor of King Philip II of Spain) * Philippine Islands (by the Americans) * Republic of the Philippines (after its independence from American occupation)
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