What is the Philippines original name?
Correct answer: Las Islas Filpinas
Player #29787620
How can the question refer to the name given by colonizers as the original name?
lancb
Philippines is where i was born and i love my country ❤
QUIEL
Maharlika was the original name of the country Philippines.
Lorraine
QUIEL, you should tell Emily that she completely got it wrong
Joyeux Noël
The answer here is INCORRECT. It should have been "Las Islas de Poniente (from Las Islas de San Lazaro) by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Villalobos renamed it Las Islas de Filipinas (1544) in honor of King Philip II.
RICK-N-BACHER
Player #29787620, the question should be What were the Philippines called before the arrival of Magellan?
Player #25874027
Player #53553731,
Are any of the indigent people left who know the answer to this question.
They would not have named their home after an unknown (to them) Spanish king