This is a list of sources of the place names in the Philippine capital region of Metro Manila.
Place Name | Location | Root |
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Alabang | Muntinlupa | Contraction of "Alambangbang" or "Alibangbang," a type of orchid tree. [1] |
Alicia | Quezon City | Alicia Syquía de Quirino, wife of President Elpidio Quirino. [2] Killed with her children by the Japanese during World War II before her husband's rule. |
Arkong Bato | Valenzuela | Filipino for "stone arch", referring to the structure built by the American colonial Insular Government. It demarcated the border of the then-towns of Polo and Malabon, and their respective provinces of Rizal and Bulacan. [3] |
Baclaran | Parañaque | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name bakladan/baklaran which means a place of rattan fence (baklád) used as fish corral. [4] |
Bagong Ilog | Pasig | Filipino for "new river." |
Bagong Lipunan ng Crame | Quezon City | Filipino phrase which means "New Society of Crame." It is named after Camp Crame, which was named after Rafael Crame. [5] |
Bagong Pagasa | Quezon City | Filipino for "new hope." [2] |
Bagumbayan | Quezon City, Navotas and Taguig | Filipino for "new town." [2] |
Balong Bato | San Juan | Balóng bató, the Filipino word for "stone well." [6] |
Bambang | Pasig and Taguig | Filipino word for "riverbank”, synonymous with “pampáng”. [7] |
Barangka, Barangka Drive, Barangka Ibaba, Barangka Ilaya and Barangka Itaas | Marikina and Mandaluyong | Tagalisation of old Spanish "Barranca," meaning canyon or river gorge. Ibabà is Filipino for "lower”, Ilaya means "inland" or "interior," and Itaás means "upper." |
Baseco | Manila Port Area | Acronym for "Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company," owner of the dockyard where the settlement was founded. |
Batis | San Juan | Filipino term for "rivulet" or "creek" which dominated the area. [8] |
Bayanihan | Quezon City | Filipino word for "community brotherhood." [2] |
BF Homes Caloocan, BF Homes Parañaque and BF International Village | Caloocan, Parañaque and Las Piñas | Banco Filipino, the gated communities' developer |
Bicutan (Central Bicutan, Lower Bicutan, Upper Bicutan and Western Bicutan) | Taguig | Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] |
Bignay | Valenzuela | Named for the bignay tree. [9] |
Binondo | Manila | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. |
Buli | Muntinlupa | Named for the buri palm. |
Bungad | Quezon City | Filipino word for "front." |
Calumpang | Marikina | Spanish rendering of "kalumpang", a type of tropical chestnuts. |
Camp Aguinaldo | Quezon City | Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippines |
Camp Crame and West Crame | Quezon City and San Juan | Rafael Crame, sixth chief of the Philippine Constabulary and the first Filipino to hold the position. [5] |
Caniogan | Pasig | Filipino word for "a place where coconut grows." |
Carmona | Makati | Isidro Carmona, Filipino soldier during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War. [10] |
Cembo and South Cembo | Taguig | Acronym for "Central Enlisted Men's Barrio." [11] |
Comembo | Taguig | Acronym for "Combat Enlisted Men's Barrio." [11] |
Cubao | Quezon City | Spanish rendering of kubaw, a local species of banana. [12] |
Cupang | Muntinlupa | Named for the cupang tree. [13] |
Daang Bakal | Mandaluyong | Filipino word for "railroad," in reference to the village's location along a former Manila tranvía (tram) line and as the former location of one of the four tranvía stations in the former San Felipe Neri municipality. [14] |
Dalandanan | Valenzuela | Named for the local orange trees (dalandan) that stood in the area. [15] |
Damayan Lagi | Quezon City | Filipino phrase, meaning "perpetual help." [2] |
Dasmariñas Village | Makati | Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, Spanish governor-general. [16] |
San Francisco del Monte (SFDM) / Del Monte | Quezon City | Named after St. Francis. Del Monte (from the mountain) was affixed to the name distinguish it from San Francisco de Manila, a Franciscan church in Intramuros, Manila. [17] |
Diliman | Quezon City | From dilim , a type of fern. [18] |
Divisoria | Manila Tondo and Binondo | Spanish for "dividing line" (línea divisoria) |
Don Bosco | Parañaque | Saint John Bosco. |
Don Galo | Parañaque | Galo of Parañaque, a local hero of the 1574 Battle of Manila. [19] |
Don Manuel | Quezon City | Manuel L. Quezon, second president of the Philippines. [2] |
Doña Aurora | Quezon City | Aurora Quezon, first lady of the Philippines. [2] |
Doña Imelda | Quezon City | Imelda Marcos, first lady of the Philippines. [2] |
Doña Josefa | Quezon City | Josefa Edralin Marcos, mother of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. [2] |
E. Rodriguez | Quezon City | Eulogio Rodriguez, Filipino senator. [2] |
Ermita | Manila | Spanish for "hermitage" or solitary place. [20] |
Ermitaño | San Juan | Spanish word for "hermit." |
Escopa (I, II, III and IV) | Quezon City | Acronym for "First Company of the Philippine Army." [21] |
Forbes Park | Makati | William Cameron Forbes, American governor-general. [22] |
Fort Bonifacio | Taguig | Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary and hero. |
Fortune | Marikina | Fortune Tobacco Corporation, a cigarette manufacturing company based in the village. [23] |
Gen. T. de Leon | Valenzuela | Tiburcio de León, Filipino general and revolutionary |
Greenhills | San Juan | Greenhills (mixed-use development) and Greenhills, Ohio, USA |
Guadalupe Nuevo and Guadalupe Viejo | Makati | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Hagonoy | Taguig | Named for the hagonoy plant that was prevalent in the area. [7] |
Hulo | Mandaluyong | Old Tagalog word for "outer part" or "external" referring to the barrio's location from the town's poblacion. [24] |
Intramuros | Manila | Latin for "within the walls." |
Isabelita | San Juan | Isabelita Barredo, matriarch of a local real estate company that owned and developed the Isabelita Heights gated village in the area. [25] |
Jesus dela Peña | Marikina | Jesús de la Peña ("Jesus of the Rocks"), an Order of Saint Augustine parish founded in the area during the Spanish colonial era. [23] |
Kaligayahan | Quezon City | Filipino word for "happiness." [2] |
Kalusugan | Quezon City | Filipino word for "health." [2] |
Kapitolyo | Pasig | Filipino word for "capitol," a corruption of the Spanish word capitolio. Named for its proximity to the former Rizal provincial capitol. [26] |
Karuhatan | Valenzuela | From the Tagalog word kaduhatan, meaning "where duhat (black plum) trees grow." [27] |
Katipunan | Quezon City | Katipunan, a Filipino revolutionary society. [2] |
Kaunlaran | Quezon City | Filipino word for "progress." [2] |
Krus na Ligas | Quezon City | Named for a local type of nut tree which took the form of a cross. [28] |
La Huerta | Parañaque | Spanish for "the orchard." [29] |
La Loma | Quezon City | Spanish for "the knoll." [30] |
Laging Handa | Quezon City | Filipino for "always prepared," the motto of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines after whom the village was named. [31] |
Little Baguio | San Juan | Baguio, Cordillera |
Loyola Heights | Quezon City and Marikina | Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
Mabini–J. Rizal | Mandaluyong | Apolinario Mabini, Filipino statesman and revolutionary, and José Rizal, Filipino national hero. The village was named for its location at the junction of Mabini and Rizal streets. |
Magallanes | Makati | Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer. [32] |
Magsaysay | Quezon City | Ramon Magsaysay, seventh president of the Philippines. [2] |
Maharlika and Maharlika Village | Quezon City and Taguig | Old Tagalog word for "noble". [2] |
Malamig | Mandaluyong | Filipino word which means "Cold." |
Malanday | Valenzuela and Marikina | Old Tagalog word which means "a bowl plate" or "round and flat" in reference to the shape of the territory similar to a winnower. [23] [33] |
Malate | Manila | Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word maalat meaning salty. |
Malaya | Quezon City | Filipino word which means "free." [2] |
Malibay | Pasay | Old Tagalog word for "a place teeming with herds of deer (libay)." [34] |
Malinta | Valenzuela | Filipino word for "where there are many leeches" (lintâ). [35] |
Marilag | Quezon City | Old Tagalog word for "beautiful." [2] |
Mariana | Mariana | Mariana Wilson, a community leader and one of the original residents of New Manila. [36] |
Marulas | Valenzuela | Old Tagalog word for "slippery", in reference to the muddy topography of the area where a stud farm once stood. [37] |
Masagana | Quezon City | Filipino word for "bountiful." [2] |
Maypajo | Caloocan | Contraction of the Tagalog phrase "may pajotan" ("where there is pajotan"), a variety of mango that grew in abundance in the area. [38] |
Maysan | Valenzuela | Filipino word for "corn field." [39] |
Milagrosa | Quezon City | Spanish and Filipino word for "miraculous." [2] |
N.S. Amoranto | Quezon City | Norberto Amoranto, fifth mayor of Quezon City. [2] |
Nagkaisang Nayon | Quezon City | Filipino phrase which means "united village." [2] |
Nangka | Marikina | Filipino word for "jackfruit". [23] |
Napindan | Taguig | Old Tagalog word which means "pierced through," referring to the creation of a water channel in the area linking Laguna de Bay and the Pasig River. [7] |
Novaliches | Quezon City | The district of Novaliches in Jérica, Valencian Community, Spain where governor-general Manuel Pavía y Lacy was honored as its first marquess. [40] |
Olympia | Makati | Olympia, a tile and brick factory that once stood in the area on the banks of the Pasig River ca. 1925. [10] |
Onse | San Juan | Block number 11 (onse in Filipino) [41] |
Paang Bundok | Quezon City | Filipino for "mountain foot" |
Paco | Manila | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name for edible vegetable fern (pako). [20] |
Pagibig sa Nayon | Quezon City | Filipino phrase which means "love of village." [2] |
Paligsahan | Quezon City | Filipino word for "competition." [2] |
Palingon | Taguig | Filipino word for "to look back." [7] |
Pandacan | Manila | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog word for the place "where the pandan plant (Pandanus gracilis) grows." [42] |
Paraiso | Quezon City | Spanish and Filipino word for "paradise." [2] |
Pariancillo Villa | Valenzuela | Spanish for small parián or market place. |
Pasadena | San Juan | Contraction of Paso de Cadena de Amor (Coral Vine Way), in reference to the prevalence of coral vines (cadena de amor in Filipino) in the village. [43] |
Paso de Blas | Valenzuela | Spanish for "Blaise's pass", named in honor of the village patron, Saint Blaise. [44] |
Pembo | Taguig | Acronym for "Panthers Enlisted Men's Barrio." [11] |
Phil-Am | Quezon City | Philam Life, the gated village's developer. [45] |
Pio del Pilar | Makati | Pío del Pilar, Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War. [46] |
Pinagkaisahan | Quezon City and Makati | Filipino word for "united." [2] |
Pinagsama | Taguig | Filipino word for "united" or "combined" in reference to the joining of seven villages. |
Polo | Valenzuela | Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word "pulo"" which means "island." [47] |
Progreso | San Juan | Spanish for "progress." |
Pulang Lupa (Pulang Lupa Uno and Pulang Lupa Dos) | Las Piñas | Filipino for "red earth," in reference to its old industry of tisa or brick production. [48] |
Putatan | Muntinlupa | From putat, a local variety of flowering plants in the Lecythidaceae family that was common in the lakeside village. [49] |
Quiapo | Manila | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name kiyapo, a type of water cabbage common in the area. [50] |
Quirino (1, 2A, 2B, 2C and 3A) | Quezon City | Elpidio Quirino, sixth president of the Philippines. [2] |
Rembo (East Rembo and West Rembo) | Taguig | Acronym for "Riverside Enlisted Men's Barrio." [11] |
Rincon | Valenzuela | Spanish for "corner." [51] |
Rizal | Taguig | José Rizal, Filipino national hero. |
Roxas | Quezon City | Manuel Roxas, fifth president of the Philippines. [2] |
Salapan | San Juan | from salapang, a local "bamboo spear" that was used by early settlers to catch fish in the Salapan creek. [52] |
Salvacion | Quezon City | Spanish for "salvation." [2] |
Sampaloc | Manila | Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word sampalok (tamarind). |
Sangandaan | Caloocan | Filipino word for "crossroad." |
Santa Mesa | Manila | Spanish for "holy table," a contraction of "Hermandad de Santa Mesa de la Misericordia" (Brotherhood of the Holy Table of Mercy). |
Socorro | Quezon City | Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Help), the village patron. [2] |
Sucat | Muntinlupa | Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word for "measurement" (sukat). [53] |
Tagumpay | Quezon City | Filipino word for "victory." [2] |
Tambo | Parañaque | Filipino word for tiger grass. [54] |
Tandang Sora | Quezon City | Melchora Aquino, Filipina independence activist. |
Tibagan | San Juan | Filipino for "a place where they crush boulders," in reference to a limestone quarry that operated in the area. [55] |
Tipas (Calzada-Tipas, Ibayo-Tipas and Ligid-Tipas) | Taguig | Old Tagalog word for "detour", referring to a meander in the river. [7] Calzada is Spanish for "roadway," Ibayo is Old Tagalog for "opposite side," and Ligid is Old Tagalog for "surrounding." [7] |
Tondo | Manila | Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name tundok, a type of river mangrove that was prevalent in the area. |
Tuktukan | Taguig | Old Tagalog word for "a place where people wash clothes." [7] |
Tunasan | Muntinlupa | Named for tunas, a type of water lily. |
Ugong and Ugong Norte | Pasig, Valenzuela and Quezon City | Filipino word for "roaring sound" of a river, referring to the Marikina River in Ugong, Pasig and Tullahan River in Ugong, Valenzuela. |
Unang Sigaw | Quezon City | Filipino for "first cry" in reference to the village's role in the Cry of Pugad Lawin. [2] |
Urdaneta Village | Makati | Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish circumnavigator. [32] |
Ususan | Taguig | Old Tagalog word for "a place where the river drains or slides." [7] |
Veinte Reales | Valenzuela | Spanish for "twenty reals" referring to the cost of the land purchased during the Spanish colonial era. [56] |
Wack-Wack | Mandaluyong | English rendering of the uwak, a type of local large-billed crow. [24] |
Wawa | Taguig | Old Tagalog word for "upstream." [7] |
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