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[ 0 => 'This is a list of sources of the place names in the Philippine capital region of [[Metro Manila]].', 1 => '', 2 => '==Place names==', 3 => '{| class="wikitable"', 4 => '! Place Name || Location || Source', 5 => '|-', 6 => '| [[Alabang]] || [[Muntinlupa]] || Contraction of "Alambangbang" or "Alibangbang", a [[Phanera purpurea|type of orchid tree]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/?page_id=1979 |title=Brgy. Alabang |publisher=City Government of Muntinlupa |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 7 => '|-', 8 => '| Alicia || [[Quezon City]] || Alicia Syquía Quirino, wife of Philippine president [[Elpidio Quirino]].<ref name="pna"/>', 9 => '|-', 10 => '| [[Arkong Bato]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Tagalog for "[[stone arch]]" referring to the structure along the border of the then-municipalities of [[Polo, Valenzuela|Polo]] and [[Malabon]] built by the American colonial government in 1910 that served as the boundary between the provinces of [[Rizal]] and [[Bulacan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/places |title=Landmarks |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 11 => '|-', 12 => '| [[Baclaran, Parañaque|Baclaran]] || [[Parañaque]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] name ''bakladan'' which means a [[rattan]] fence used as fish [[corral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paranaquecity.gov.ph/baclaran.php |title=Baclaran |publisher=City Government of Parañaque |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 13 => '|-', 14 => '| Bagong Ilog || [[Pasig]] || Tagalog phrase, meaning "new river."', 15 => '|-', 16 => '| Bagong Pagasa || [[Quezon City]] || Tagalog for "new hope."<ref name="pna"/>', 17 => '|-', 18 => '| [[Barangka]] || [[Marikina]] || Tagalog corruption of its old Spanish name "Barranca," meaning [[canyon]] or river gorge.', 19 => '|-', 20 => '| [[Baseco, Manila|Baseco]] || [[Manila]]<br/>[[Port Area, Manila|Port Area]] || Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company, owner of the dockyard where the settlement was founded.', 21 => '|-', 22 => '| [[BF Homes Caloocan]], [[BF Homes Parañaque]] and [[BF International Village]] || [[Caloocan]], [[Parañaque]] and [[Las Piñas]] || [[Banco Filipino]], the gated communities' developer', 23 => '|-', 24 => '| [[Bignay, Valenzuela|Bignay]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Named for the [[Antidesma bunius|bignay tree]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/barangays/Bignay |title=Bignay |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 25 => '|-', 26 => '| [[Binondo]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] name ''binundok'', meaning mountainous or hilly.', 27 => '|-', 28 => '| [[Buli, Muntinlupa|Buli]] || [[Muntinlupa]] || Named for the [[buri palm]].', 29 => '|-', 30 => '| [[Calumpang, Marikina|Calumpang]] || [[Marikina]] || Spanish rendering of "kalumpang", a type of [[Sterculia|tropical chestnuts]].', 31 => '|-', 32 => '| [[Camp Aguinaldo]] || [[Quezon City]] || [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], first president of the Philippines', 33 => '|-', 34 => '| [[Camp Crame]] || [[Quezon City]] || [[Rafael Crame]], sixth chief of the [[Philippine Constabulary]] and the first Filipino to hold the position.', 35 => '|-', 36 => '| Caniogan || [[Pasig]] || Tagalog word for "a place where coconut grows."', 37 => '|-', 38 => '| Cembo || [[Makati]] || Acronym for "Central Enlisted Men's Barrio."<ref name="esquire">{{cite web|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/the-military-roots-of-cembo-rembo-and-pembo-districts-a00293-20190924 |title=The Military Roots of Cembo, Rembo, and Pembo Districts |publisher=[[Esquire Magazine]] |author=Limos, M.A. |date=24 September 2019 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 39 => '|-', 40 => '| Comembo || [[Makati]] || Acronym for "Combat Enlisted Men's Barrio."<ref name="esquire"/>', 41 => '|-', 42 => '| Cubao || [[Quezon City]] || Spanish rendering of ''kubaw'', a local species of banana.<ref>Poter, Jean-Paul G. (2013). Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog. Lulu.com, 278.</ref>', 43 => '|-', 44 => '| [[Cupang, Muntinlupa|Cupang]] || [[Muntinlupa]] || Named for the [[Parkia javanica|cupang tree]].<ref name="Deb">Deb. D.B. (1981)."The Flora of Tripura State". [vol I].pp. 134-135. Today & Tomorrows Printers and publishers. 24-B15. Deshbandhu Gupta Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi- 110005.</ref>', 45 => '|-', 46 => '| [[Dalandanan, Valenzuela|Dalandanan]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Named for the local orange trees (''dalandan'') that stood in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/barangays/Dalandanan |title=Dalandanan |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 47 => '|-', 48 => '| Damayan Lagi || [[Quezon City]] || [[Filipino language|Filipino]] phrase, meaning "perpetual help."<ref name="pna"/>', 49 => '|-', 50 => '| [[Dasmariñas Village]] || [[Makati]] || [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]], Spanish governor-general.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/64923/dasmarinas-hideyoshi-and-san-pedro-bautista |title=Dasmariñas, Hideyoshi, and San Pedro Bautista |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |author=Ocampo, A.R. |date=7 November 2013 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 51 => '|-', 52 => '| Diliman || [[Quezon City]] || From ''[[Dicranopteris linearis|dilim]]'', a type of fern.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/80257/dilimans-wildlife |title=Diliman’s wildlife |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |author=Tan, M.L. |date=19 November 2014 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 53 => '|-', 54 => '| [[Don Bosco, Parañaque|Don Bosco]] || [[Parañaque]] || Saint [[John Bosco]].', 55 => '|-', 56 => '| [[Don Galo]] || [[Parañaque]] || Galo of Parañaque, a local hero of the 1574 Battle of Manila.<ref name="pque2">{{cite web|url=http://paranaquecity.gov.ph/dongalo.php |title=District I-Barangay Don Galo |publisher=City Government of Parañaque |accessdate=16 April 2019}}</ref>', 57 => '|- ', 58 => '| Don Manuel || [[Quezon City]] || [[Manuel L. Quezon]], second president of the Philippines.<ref name="pna">{{cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1046787 |title=Quezon City: Home to beautifully-named barangays |publisher=[[Philippine News Agency]] |author=Samonte, S. |date=3 September 2018 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 59 => '|-', 60 => '| Doña Aurora || [[Quezon City]] || [[Aurora Quezon]], first lady of the Philippines.<ref name="pna"/>', 61 => '|-', 62 => '| Doña Imelda || [[Quezon City]] || [[Imelda Marcos]], first lady of the Philippines.<ref name="pna"/>', 63 => '|-', 64 => '| Doña Josefa || [[Quezon City]] || Josefa Edralin Marcos, mother of Philippine president [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref name="pna"/>', 65 => '|-', 66 => '| E. Rodriguez || [[Quezon City]] || [[Eulogio Rodriguez]], Filipino senator.<ref name="pna"/>', 67 => '|-', 68 => '| [[Ermita]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish for "hermitage" or solitary place.<ref name="inq"/>', 69 => '|-', 70 => '| Escopa (I-IV) || [[Quezon City]] || Acronym for "First Company of the Philippine Army."<ref>de Leon, L. T. (1986). Barrio Escopa: Transformations in a Philippine squatter settlement. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 3(2), 93–116.</ref>', 71 => '|-', 72 => '| [[Forbes Park, Makati|Forbes Park]] || [[Makati]] || [[William Cameron Forbes]], American governor-general.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-villa-in-manila-1438266056 |title=The Villa in Manila |publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]] |author=Abkowitz, A. |date=6 August 2015 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 73 => '|-', 74 => '| [[Fort Bonifacio (barangay)|Fort Bonifacio]] || [[Taguig]] || [[Andrés Bonifacio]], Filipino revolutionary and hero.', 75 => '|-', 76 => '| Gen. T. de Leon || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || [[Tiburcio de León]], Filipino general and revolutionary.', 77 => '|- ', 78 => '| [[Guadalupe Nuevo]] and Guadalupe Viejo || [[Makati]] || [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]]', 79 => '|-', 80 => '| Hulo || [[Mandaluyong]] || Old Tagalog word for "outer part" or "external" referring to the barrio's location from the town's [[poblacion]].<ref name="mandaluyong">{{cite web|url=https://www.mandaluyong.gov.ph/profile/history.aspx |title=Brief History |publisher=City Government of Mandaluyong |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 81 => '|-', 82 => '| [[Intramuros]] || [[Manila]] || [[Latin language|Latin]] for "within the walls."', 83 => '|-', 84 => '| [[Karuhatan]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Karuhatan]] || From the Tagalog word ''kaduhatan'', meaning "where ''duhat'' ([[Syzygium cumini|black plum]]) trees grow."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/barangays/Karuhatan |title=Karuhatan |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 85 => '|-', 86 => '| Katipunan || [[Quezon City]] || [[Katipunan]], a Filipino revolutionary society.<ref name="pna"/>', 87 => '|-', 88 => '| [[Krus na Ligas]] || [[Quezon City]] || Named for a local type of [[Semecarpus cuneiformis|nut tree]] which took the form of a cross.<ref name="xiao">{{cite web|url=https://xiaochua.net/2012/11/06/xiaotime-6-november-2012-krus-na-ligas-sa-up-diliman-bahagi-ng-ating-kasaysayan/ |language = tl | accessdate = 2020-03-11|date = 2016-11-06 |last=Chua |first=Xiao| title=Krus na Ligas sa UP Diliman, Bahagi ng Ating Kasaysayan}}</ref>', 89 => '|-', 90 => '| [[La Huerta, Parañaque|La Huerta]] || [[Parañaque]] || Spanish for "orchard."<ref name="pque3">{{cite web|url=https://paranaquecity.gov.ph/lahuerta.php |title=District I-Barangay La Huerta |publisher=City Government of Parañaque |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 91 => '|-', 92 => '| La Loma || [[Quezon City]] || Spanish for the "the [[hillock|knoll]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/902614/lechon-capital-next-on-qcs-urban-renewal-menu |title=‘Lechon capital’ next on QC’s urban renewal menu |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |author=Enano, J.O. |date=4 June 2017 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 93 => '|-', 94 => '| Loyola Heights || [[Quezon City]] || Saint [[Ignatius of Loyola]]', 95 => '|-', 96 => '| Magallanes || [[Makati]] || [[Ferdinand Magellan]], Portuguese explorer.<ref name="inq1">{{cite web|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/116851/how-to-eat-magellan-with-tausi |title=How to eat Magellan with tausi |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |author=Ocampo, A.R. |date=19 October 2018 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 97 => '|-', 98 => '| Magsaysay || [[Quezon City]] || [[Ramon Magsaysay]], seventh president of the Philippines.<ref name="pna"/>', 99 => '|-', 100 => '| Maharlika<br/>[[Maharlika Village]] || [[Quezon City]]<br/>[[Taguig]] || Old Tagalog word for "noble."<ref name="pna"/>', 101 => '|-', 102 => '| [[Malanday]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || [[Old Tagalog]] word which means "a bowl plate."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/barangays/Malanday |title=Malanday |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 103 => '|-', 104 => '| [[Malate, Manila|Malate]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word ''maalat'' meaning salty.', 105 => '|-', 106 => '| Marilag || [[Quezon City]] || Old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word for "beautiful."<ref name="pna"/>', 107 => '|-', 108 => '| Maypajo || [[Caloocan]] || Contraction of the Tagalog phrase "''may pajotan''" ("where there is pajotan"), a variety of [[mango]] that grew in abundance in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2001/01/26/107141/pajotan-sto-nintildeo-festival |title=Pajotan Sto. Niño Festival |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=26 January 2001 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 109 => '|-', 110 => '| N.S. Amoranto || [[Quezon City]] || Norberto Amoranto, fifth mayor of Quezon City.<ref name="pna"/>', 111 => '|-', 112 => '| 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novalichesdiocese.org/spanish-era/ |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Novaliches]] |title=Spanish Era |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 113 => '|-', 114 => '| [[Onse, San Juan|Onse]] || [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]] || Village number 11 (''onse'' in [[Filipino language|Filipino]])', 115 => '|-', 116 => '| [[Paco, Manila|Paco]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] name for edible [[Diplazium esculentum|vegetable fern]] (''pako'').<ref name="inq">{{cite web|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/85012/historical-names-their-beauty-and-richness |title=Historical names, their beauty and richness |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |author=Rosales, A.M. |date=19 May 2015 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 117 => '|-', 118 => '| Pagibig sa Nayon || [[Quezon City]] || Filipino phrase which means "love of village."<ref name="pna"/>', 119 => '|-', 120 => '| [[Pandacan]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] word for the place "where the [[pandan plant]] (Pandanus gracilis) grows."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/09/24/19/this-pandacan-house-was-a-30s-movie-studio-and-birthplace-of-the-pinoy-talking-picture |title=This Pandacan house was a 1930s movie studio, birthplace of the Pinoy talking picture |publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]] |author=Reyes, I. |date=24 September 2019 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 121 => '|-', 122 => '| [[Pariancillo Villa]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila]] || Spanish for small [[parián]] or market place.', 123 => '|-', 124 => '| Pembo || [[Makati]] || Acronym for "Panthers Enlisted Men's Barrio."<ref name="esquire"/>', 125 => '|-', 126 => '| [[Polo, Valenzuela|Polo]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word "''pulo''"" which means "island."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/history |title=Early History |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 127 => '|-', 128 => '| [[Quiapo, Manila|Quiapo]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] name ''kiyapo'', a type of [[Pistia|water cabbage]] common in the area.<ref>Cristina Evangelista Torres (2010). ''The Americanization of Manila, 1898-1921'', p. 25. UP Press.</ref>', 129 => '|-', 130 => '| Quirino<br/>(1, 2A, 2B, 2C &3A) || [[Quezon City]] || [[Elpidio Quirino]], sixth president of the Philippines.<ref name="pna"/>', 131 => '|-', 132 => '| Rembo (East & West) || [[Makati]] || Acronym for "Riverside Enlisted Men's Barrio."<ref name="esquire"/>', 133 => '|-', 134 => '| Rincon || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Spanish for "corner."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/the_city/barangays/Rincon |title=Rincon |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 135 => '|-', 136 => '| Roxas || [[Quezon City]] || [[Manuel Roxas]], fifth president of the Philippines.<ref name="pna"/>', 137 => '|-', 138 => '| [[Sampaloc, Manila|Sampaloc]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word ''sampalok'' ([[tamarind]]).', 139 => '|-', 140 => '| [[Santa Mesa]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish for "holy table," a contraction of "Hermanidad de Santa Mesa de la Misericordia" (Brotherhood of the Holy Table of Mercy).', 141 => '|-', 142 => '| [[Sucat, Muntinlupa|Sucat]] || [[Muntinlupa]] || Spanish rendering of the Tagalog word for "measurement" (''sukat'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/?page_id=1948 |title=Brgy. Sucat |publisher=City Government of Muntinlupa |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 143 => '|-', 144 => '| [[Tambo, Parañaque|Tambo]] || [[Parañaque]] || Tagalog word for [[Thysanolaena|tiger grass]].<ref name="pque">{{cite web|url=https://paranaquecity.gov.ph/tambo.php |title=District I - Barangay Tambo |publisher=City Government of Parañaque |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> ', 145 => '|-', 146 => '| Tandang Sora || [[Quezon City]] || [[Melchora Aquino]], Filipina independence activist.', 147 => '|-', 148 => '| [[Tondo, Manila|Tondo]] || [[Manila]] || Spanish rendering of the old [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] name ''tundok'', a type of [[Aegiceras corniculatum|river mangrove]] that was prevalent in the area.', 149 => '|-', 150 => '| [[Tunasan]] || [[Muntinlupa]] || Named for [[Nymphaea nouchali|tunas]], a type of water lily.', 151 => '|-', 152 => '| Urdaneta Village || [[Makati]] || [[Andrés de Urdaneta]], Spanish circumnavigator.<ref name="inq1"/>', 153 => '|-', 154 => '| [[Veinte Reales]] || [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]] || Spanish for "twenty [[Spanish real|real]]s" referring to the cost of the land purchased during the Spanish colonial era.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/index.php/the_city/barangays/Veinte+Reales |title=Veinte Reales |publisher=City Government of Valenzuela |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>', 155 => '|-', 156 => '| Wack-Wack || [[Mandaluyong]] || English rendering of the ''uwak'', a type of local [[large-billed crow]].<ref name="mandaluyong"/>', 157 => '|}', 158 => '', 159 => '==See also==', 160 => '* [[List of eponymous streets in Metro Manila]]', 161 => '', 162 => '==References==', 163 => '{{Reflist|2}}', 164 => '', 165 => '[[Category:Metro Manila-related lists|Placename etymology]]', 166 => '[[Category:Lists of Philippine placename etymology]]' ]