Names of the Philippines

File:Málaga hace historia, Ruy López de Villalobos 01.jpg, Spain, commemorating López de Villalobos for naming the Philippines. Some sources credit his captain Bernardo de la Torre for the name instead.]]

File:1561_map_of_East_Asia_by_Giacomo_Gastaldi.jpg by the Italian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi, using the name Philippine Island ({{langx|la|Philippina}}) for Leyte but not the entire archipelago]]

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The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos{{cite web|url=http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_history/spanish_colonization.html |title=History of the Philippines |date=2009}}{{Harvnb|Halili|2008|p=22}} or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre{{Harvnb|Scott|1994|p=6}}{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Philip&searchmode=none |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=www.etymonline.com |date=2009 }} in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza. Having already named Mindanao for their king, the Habsburg emperor Charles{{nbsp}}V, the Philippine Island honored his son, crown prince Philip, later Philip{{nbsp}}II of Spain. The name {{lang|es|Felipina}} and {{lang|es|Islas Felipinas}} originally applied to only Leyte, Samar, and their nearby islands before shifting to {{lang|es|Islas Filipinas}} and spreading to the rest. This was borrowed into English as the Philippine Islands soon after, a name which was used throughout America's military and civilian occupations of the archipelago.{{cite web|url=http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1833713-origin-philippines/|title=Origin of the Name "Philippines"|access-date=August 26, 2009|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101554/http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1833713-origin-philippines/|url-status=dead}}

The 1987 Constitution provides that Filipino and English be official languages of the Philippines. It does not contain a provision specifically designating an official name for the country; however, "Republic of the Philippines" is used consistently throughout its provisions (in English). Article XIV, section 8 of the Constitution also mandates that the constitution be also promulgated in Filipino but no such official Filipino version exists. "Republika ng Pilipinas" is the de facto name of the country used in Filipino. When standing alone in English, the country's name is always preceded by the article the.{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.org/grammarandbeyond/newsletter/2011/11/using-the-with-the-names-of-countries|title=Using 'the' with the Names of Countries|author=Zwier, Larry|publisher=Cambridge.org|date=November 29, 2011|access-date=November 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://lifesomundane.net/2015/07/thephilippines.html|title=Why Filipinos are Correct in Saying THE Philippines Instead of Philippines|last=Torrecampo|first=Rex Raymond|publisher=lifesomundane.net|date=July 5, 2015|access-date=November 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html|title=How to Use Articles (a/an/the)|author=Purdue University Online Writing Lab|website=purdue.edu|access-date=November 28, 2018|author-link=Purdue University}} However, the definite article ang does not precede the name in Filipino contexts.

The country has throughout its history been known as Filipinas. The earliest known use of Pilipinas in Tagalog was by the Katipunan in their deciphered 1892 foundational document.{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Jim |date=2021 |title="Kasaysayan; Pinag-kasundoan; Manga dakuilang kautusan," August 1892 |url=http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info/foundational-documents/-kasaysayan-pinag-kasundoan-manga-dakuilang-kautusan-august-1892 |website=Katipunan: Documents and Studies |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195817/http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info/foundational-documents/-kasaysayan-pinag-kasundoan-manga-dakuilang-kautusan-august-1892 |url-status=dead }} In the 1930s, the scholar Lope K. Santos introduced the abakada alphabet for writing Tagalog which no longer used the letter F as this sound was absent and was usually pronounced by speakers of several Philippine languages as "P". The abakada alphabet also subsequently spread to other Philippine languages (which had been using spelling systems based on the Spanish abecedario). Thus, the form Pilipinas propagated and came into general use.{{cite book|last1=Almario|first1=Virgilio S.|title=Madalas itanong hinggil sa wikang pambansa / Frequently asked questions on the national language|date=2014|publisher=Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino|isbn=978-971-0197-38-5|page=47|url=http://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FAQ_2.4.15-1.pdf|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827184315/http://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FAQ_2.4.15-1.pdf|url-status=dead}} The Commission on the Filipino Language and National Artist, Virgilio S. Almario urged the usage of Filipinas as the country's official name to reflect its origin and history,{{cite web|url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/bye-pilipinas--hello-filipinas---090444137.html|title=Bye Pilipinas, hello Filipinas?}} and to be inclusive of all languages in the country of which phonologies contain {{IPA|/f/}}, represented by the grapheme F in the present-day Philippine alphabet.{{cite news|title=Filipinas 'di Pilipinas – Almario (Ituwid ang kasaysayan)|url=http://kwf.gov.ph/filipinas-di-pilipinas-almario-ituwid-ang-kasaysayan/|work=kwf.gov.ph|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411121553/https://kwf.gov.ph/filipinas-di-pilipinas-almario-ituwid-ang-kasaysayan/|url-status=dead}} This policy was later undone in 2021 by the new commissioner, Arthur Casanova, for being unconstitutional. The commission now recommends the use of Pilipinas over Filipinas when communicating in Filipino.{{Cite web |last=Santos |first=Bim |date=July 28, 2021 |title=Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino reverts to use of 'Pilipinas,' does away with 'Filipinas' |url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/710790-komisyon-ng-wikang-filipino-pilipino-and-pilipinas?page=2 |access-date= |website=l!fe • The Philippine Star}}

At international meetings, only the English name usually appears to identify the Philippines (e.g., when there are meetings in the United Nations or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in this setting. This is also the tradition even if the meeting is held within the Philippines. The country's name in other languages is more often than not based on either {{langx|es|label=none|Filipinas}} or {{langx|en|label=none|Philippines}}, both ultimately rooted in the Latin {{langx|la|label=none|Philippinae}}.

In addition to the Philippines, the archipelago of a country has historically had numerous other names:

• Panyupayana. Scholars and traders from the Indian subcontinent historically referred to the Philippines as Panyupayana, a term which emanated from the geopolitical orientation of the Indians, that started with the cosmological orientation. This is manifested by the Puranas and other Indian literature, such as Ramayana and Mahabharata,{{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-7317-5_6 |chapter=Panyupayana: The Emergence of Hindu Polities in the Pre-Islamic Philippines |title=Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia |year=2018 |last1=Santarita |first1=Joefe B. |pages=93–105 |isbn=978-981-10-7316-8 }}Joefe B. Santarita. “Panyupayana: The

Philippines in Ancient India’s Geopolitical Orientation”. SEACOM Studies 2 (April 2015): 2 which also has versions in the Philippines such as Maharadia Lawana.{{cite journal |last=Francisco |first=Juan R. |date= |title=Maharadia Lawana |url=https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-07-02-1969/franciso-maharadia%20lawana.pdf |journal=Juan R. Francisco – Maharadia Lawana |volume= |issue= |access-date=May 29, 2024}}{{Cite journal|last=FRANCISCO|first=JUAN R.|date=1989|title=The Indigenization of the Rama Story in the Philippines|jstor=42633135|journal=Philippine Studies|volume=37|issue=1|pages=101–111}}

• Ma-i. According to the Zhao Rugua's (趙汝适) book Zhu Fan Zhi (诸蕃志/諸蕃誌) written around the 13th century during the Song dynasty, there was a group of islands found in southern South China Sea called Ma-i (麻逸, Hokkien POJ: Mâ-i̍t, Mandarin Pinyin: Máyì). The islands groups were later invaded and renamed and identified by the Spanish to be the island of Mindoro.{{cite web |url=http://www.lakbay.net/bahandi/pueblo.html |title=The Islands to the West: How are Philippine towns named? |access-date=May 6, 2005 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330075641/http://www.lakbay.net/bahandi/pueblo.html |archive-date=March 30, 2009 }} This was further proved by Ferdinand Blumentritt in his 1882 book, Versuch einer Ethnographie der Philippinen (An Attempt to the Study of Ethnography of the Philippines) that Ma-i was the Chinese local name of present-day Mindoro.{{Harvnb|Hirth|Rockhill|1911|p=160}}, Footnote 1 On the other hand, historians claimed that Ma-i was not an island, but all the south of South Sea islands groups and Manila itself,{{cite web|url=http://www.quezon.ph/2006/06/23/national-identity/|title=National identity|access-date=July 27, 2009}} which was known to be an overseas Chinese settlement which was in constant contact with the Chinese mainland as early as the 9th century AD.{{Harvnb|Scott|1984|p=150}}
• Ma-i consists of the 三洲 (Hokkien POJ: Sam-chiu, Mandarin Pinyin: Sānzhōu, lit. "Three islands") group of islands: Kia-ma-yen (卡拉棉, Hokkien POJ: Khá-la-miân, Mandarin Pinyin: Kǎlāmián, "Calamian"), 巴拉望 (Hokkien POJ: Pa-la-bāng, Mandarin Pinyin: Bālāwàng, "Palawan") and Pa-ki-nung (布桑加, Hokkien POJ: Pò͘-song-ka, Mandarin Pinyin: Bùsāngjiā, "Busuanga").{{Harvnb|Hirth|Rockhill|1911|p=162}}, Footnote 1
• Aside from 三洲, Ma-i also consists of the islands of Pai-p'u-yen (巴布延, Hokkien POJ: Pa-pò͘-iân, Mandarin Pinyin: Bābùyán, "Babuyan"), P'u-li-lu (波利略, Hokkien POJ: Po-lī-lio̍k, Mandarin Pinyin: Bōlìlüè, "Polillo"), Lim-kia-tung (林加延, Hokkien POJ: Lîm-ka-iân, Mandarin Pinyin: Línjiāyán, "Lingayen"), Liu-sung (呂宋, Hokkien POJ: Lū-sòng, Mandarin Pinyin: Lǚsòng, "Luzon") and Li-ban (盧邦, Hokkien POJ: Lô͘-pang, Mandarin Pinyin: Lúbāng, "Lubang").{{Harvnb|Hirth|Rockhill|1911|p=160}}, Footnote 3 It was said that these islands had contacts with Chinese traders from Canton (Guangdong) as early as 982 AD.
• Liusung (呂宋, Hokkien POJ: Lū-sòng, Mandarin Pinyin: Lǚsòng) was the name ascribed by the Chinese to the present-day island of Luzon. It originated from the Tagalog word lusong, a wooden mortar that is used to pound rice. When the Spanish produced maps of the Philippines during the early 17th century, they called the island Luçonia which was later respelled as Luzonia, then Luzon.{{Harvnb|Keat|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA798 798]}}
• Las islas de San Lázaro (St. Lazarus' Islands). Named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he reached the islands of Homonhon in Samar (now Eastern Samar) on the feast day of Saint Lazarus of Bethany.
• Las islas de Poniente (Islands to the West). Another name from Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he learned that the Las islas de San Lázaro also included Cebu and Leyte islands.{{cite web|url=http://mgar.net/var/filipina.htm|title=Navegación: Exploraciones: Filipinas|language=es|access-date=July 27, 2009}} However, various sources claimed that Magellan was not the one who renamed the area, but his chroniclers instead. The name came from the fact that the islands were reached from Spain en route approaching the left part of the globe. Conversely, the Portuguese called the archipelago Ilhas do oriente (Islands to the East) because they approached the islands from the east of Portugal in the late 1540s.
• The Portuguese referred the whole island of Luzon as ilhas Luções, or Luzones Islands.
• Mindanao was formerly called ilhas de Liquíos Celebes because of the existence of Celebes Sea south of Mindanao.
• Caesarea Caroli or Karoli was the name given by Villalobos or De la Torre to the island of Mindanao when they reached the sea near it in 1543. This was named after Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (and I of Spain).{{Harvnb|Duka|2004|p=55}}{{Harvnb|Cooley|1830|p=244}}{{Harvnb|Spate|1979|p=98}}
• The southern island of Sarangani was renamed by Villalobos as Antonia, in honor of Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, the Viceroy of New Spain who commissioned Villalobos expedition to the Philippines.
• Villalobos also named the littoral zone between the islands of Samar and Leyte as Tendaya.{{cite web|title=East Visayan History|publisher=Northern Illinois University|url=http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Waray%20Culture/waray_history.htm|access-date=December 18, 2011|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609000355/http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Waray%20Culture/waray_history.htm|url-status=dead}}
• King Philip II of Spain, through a Royal Decree, bestowed the name Nuevo Reino de Castilla (New Kingdom of Castilla) to the island of Luzon during the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi.
• {{anchor|Pearl}}Pearl of the Orient/Pearl of the Orient Seas ({{langx|es|Perla de oriente}}/Perla del mar de oriente) is the sobriquet of the Philippines. The term originated from the idea of Spanish Jesuit missionary Fr. Juan J. Delgado in 1751.{{Harvnb|Tope|2002|p=7}} In his last poem Mi último adiós, Dr. José Rizal referred the country with this name.{{cite web|title=Mi Ultimo Adiós by Dr José Rizal|url=http://www.fabulousphilippines.com/mi-ultimo-adios-jose-rizal.html|access-date=November 17, 2010}} In the 1960 revision of Lupang Hinirang, the Philippine national anthem, the Tagalog version of this phrase was included as the translation from the original Spanish.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1998/ra_8491_1998.html|title=Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines|publisher=The LawPhil Project|access-date=November 17, 2010}}

• Maniolas. According to Fr. Francisco Colin in 1663, a Jesuit cleric and an early historian of the Philippines, Maniolas was the name used by Claudius Ptolemy to refer to the group of islands south of China (i.e. Luzon).{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19871223&id=q2cVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688,3529476|title=What's in a Name?|last=Carunungan|first=Celso Al|date=December 23, 1987|publisher=Manila Standard Today|access-date=August 26, 2009}} Colin quoted Ptolemy's writings speaking about the Maniolas islands, which is probably Manila. This theory was further supported by José Rizal and Pedro A. Paterno. Rizal also said that the country was recorded to Ptolemy's maps when a sailor named Hippalus told him the existence of "beautiful islands" in southeastern Far East.{{cite web|url=http://marsantos.tripod.com/history.htm|title=Names of the Philippines at different times in history |access-date=August 26, 2009}}{{Harvnb|de Morga|2004|p=298}} However, Trinidad Pardo de Tavera rejected this notion on his 1910 book, Notas para una cartografia de Filipinas (Notes for the Philippine Cartography).{{Harvnb|Mojares|2006|pp=174–175}}
• Baroussai. Along with Maniolas is the Baroussai which was also quoted from Ptolemy. Barrousai is believed to be the Visayas with Mindanao, thus, composing majority of the now Philippine archipelago.Rizal: "Ptolemy also mentions... five Baroussai (Mindanao, Leite,

Sebu, etc.)." See: https://archive.org/stream/historyofthephil07001gut/7phip10.txt{{cite web|url=http://makmak-domingo.blogspot.com/2011/02/name-of-philippines.html|title=domingo: Name of the Philippines|last=Makmak|date=February 10, 2011}} Some scholars however have identified Baroussai with Barus in Sumatra.{{cite journal |author=G. E. Gerini |title=Researches on Ptolemy's geography of Eastern Asia (further India and Indo-Malay archipelago) |publisher= Royal Asiatic Society |journal=Asiatic Society Monographs|volume= 1909|pages=428–430 |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/7aba5b63-ee38-4765-937c-1ea035bf1ba2.aspx }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMt3BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |title=Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300_1800|author1-link=John N. Miksic|first= John N.|last= Miksic |date=September 30, 2013|page=79 |publisher=NUS Press |isbn=9789971695743}}

• Ophir (Hebrew: אוֹפִיר) is a region of islands mentioned in the Bible, most famous for its wealth. Accounts mention that King Solomon received the riches of the region every three years. At the emergence of the hydrography of Spanish colonies in Asia in the early 17th century, Dominican Gregorio García wrote that Ophir was indeed located in the Moluccas and the Philippines.{{Harvnb|Sheehan|2008|p=398}} In 1609, Juan de Pineda wrote a diverse collection of literature relating Biblical accounts of Solomon, Ophir and the islands. Former Prime Minister Pedro A. Paterno said in one of his works on conjectural anthropology that Ophir is the Philippines because the scented wood Solomon received from Ophir also exists in the Islands.{{Harvnb|Mojares|2006|p=85}} This notion was however, later dismissed by modern historians as merely alluding and comparing the Philippines' position to the Spanish economy with that of Ophir to Solomon's kingdom—the sudden discovery and colonisation of the Islands bringing wealth and prosperity to the realm.{{Harvnb|Truxillo|2001|p=82}}
• Tawalisi, was an ancient kingdom in Southeast Asia reached by explorer Ibn Battuta. He reached the kingdom when he left Sumatra and headed towards China. According to the historical accounts of the explorer, he met Urduja, a legendary warrior princess from Pangasinan. However, according to William Henry Scott, Tawilisi and its warrior-princess Urduja are "fabulous, fairy-tale, fiction".William Henry Scott, Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History, {{ISBN|971-10-0226-4}}, p.83

During the Third Philippine Republic is when the shortened name Philippines began to appear a name that was officially adopted.{{when?|date=January 2023}}{{cite book|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/philippines/|title=World Factbook – Philippines|publisher=CIA|access-date=March 12, 2009|isbn=978-1-4220-0227-8}}

Since the official naming of the country as "the Philippine Islands" under American colonial rule and even earlier as "Filipinas", etc. under Spanish colonial rule, the primary reason for the country's name-change has always been "to break away from colonialism".{{Cite news|title=Duterte Wants to Rename Philippines in Break from Colonial Past|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/duterte-needs-charter-overhaul-to-change-philippines-s-name|access-date=2021-08-05|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=February 12, 2019}} A holistically government-backed name has yet to be determined,{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Alexis|title='Maharlika' dropped, but Duterte still wants Philippine name change|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/03/05/1898788/maharlika-dropped-duterte-still-wants-philippine-name-change|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Philstar.com}} although a pan-Malay word reflecting the nation's island identity has been proposed as more appropriate, or one related to the archipelago's pre-Hispanic excellence in sailing and boat-building.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-17|title=Would the Philippines by any other name sound as sweet?|url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2186300/dutertes-proposal-change-philippines-name-highlights|access-date=2021-08-05|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}

• Haring Bayang Katagalugan (Sovereign Tagalog Nation). Andrés Bonifacio's suggested name for the Filipino nation, intended to be governed by the 1896–1897 Republika ng Katagalugan (Tagalog Republic), although unrecognized by non-Tagalog Filipinos. The name drew flak because of connotations of regionalism. A historian claimed that Bonifacio's usage of "Katagalugan" was not meant to demean other ethnic groups as the word itself meant "people of the river", from the word "taga-ilog", which supposed to represent the ocean-faring ancestors of all Philippine ethnic groups.{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/17/should-the-philippines-be-renamed-historian-weighs-in|title=Should the Philippines be renamed? Historian weighs in|website=ABS-CBN News|date=June 13, 2017}} This was later used by Macario Sakay for his 1902–1906 government that was suppressed by the Americans.{{Harvnb|Guerrero|Encarnacion|Villegas|1996|pp=3–12}}{{Harvnb|Guerrero|Schumacher|1998|p=95}}
• Kapatiran ("Brotherhood"), or its semi-equivalent Katipunan ("Assembly"/"Gathering").{{cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/26/name-change-for-the-philippines/|title=Maharlika: AsianWeek|date=September 2, 2008|access-date=July 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129142616/http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/26/name-change-for-the-philippines/|archive-date=January 29, 2009}}
• Luzviminda. A portmanteau of the first syllables of the country's three major island groups: Luzon; Visayas; and Mindanao. The term has sometimes been interchanged with Luzvimindas, due to the territorial claim of the country on eastern Sabah in Borneo.

{{anchor|Maharlika}}

• Mahárlika (Sanskrit: mahardhikka (महर्द्धिक), "freeman"{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/02/12/1893137/historian-says-maharlika-nobility-misconception|title=Historian says 'Maharlika' as nobility a misconception|newspaper=The Philippine Star}}). In Pre-Hispanic Philippines, the mahárlika was the common Tagalog term for freedmen, not for the royalty. The maharlika were the largest sector of society, and included warriors, artisans, artists, and others.{{cite book|last=Tan|first=Samuel K.|title=A History of the Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pw5FWmdNmj8C|year=2008|publisher=UP Press|isbn=978-971-542-568-1|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pw5FWmdNmj8C&pg=PA40&dq=maharlika+freemen 40]}} Unlike the rulers, maharlika did not participate in politics.{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/13/19/maharlika-means-noble-not-so-says-historian|title=Maharlika means noble? Not so, says historian|website=ABS-CBN News|date=February 12, 2019}} In 1978, then-president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos supported a House Bill mandating the country's renaming to Mahárlika under military rule.{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/goodbye-philippines-hello-maharlika-duterte-wants-to-rename-country-in-break-from|title=Goodbye Philippines, hello 'Maharlika'? Duterte wants to rename country in break from colonial past|date=February 12, 2019|work=Bloomberg|via=The Straits Times}} Marcos claimed that Mahárlika was the name of the guerilla force he allegedly led during World War II. This claim would later be disproven, as testified by an Army investigation which "found no foundation" for the late dictator's claims.{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/02/12/1893120/palace-says-renaming-philippines-maharlika-needs-congressional-action|title=Palace says renaming Philippines to 'Maharlika' needs congressional action|newspaper=The Philippine Star}} Eddie Ilarde, who filed the bill, wrongfully{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/02/13/1893274/from-philippines-maharlika-referendum-needed|title=From Philippines to Maharlika? Referendum needed|newspaper=The Philippine Star}} stated that Maharlika connoted royalty and wrongfully translated the term as "nobly created". In the book Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, the term translates into "alipin na itinuring na malaya" or "a slave that was treated as free".{{cite web|url=https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/the-latest-news-features/76943/mahalika-meaning-rename-philippines-a2748-20190213|title=What Does "Maharlika" Actually Mean?|first=Kevyn|last=Tapnio|date=February 13, 2019|website=SPOT|publisher=Summit Media}} Historians noted that in some accounts, the term means "big phallus" or "large male genitalia".{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,152041,00.html|title=Miscellany Playing the Name Game|date=June 24, 2001|publisher=TIME}} The bill did not pass since the term was seen by numerous ethnic groups as "imperial in nature". The proposal was revived by populist president Rodrigo Duterte in February 2019,{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/11/19/duterte-mulls-changing-name-of-the-philippines|title=Duterte mulls changing name of the Philippines|first=Dharel |last=Placidos|website=ABS-CBN News|date=February 11, 2019}} but the name was dropped a month later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/03/05/1898788/maharlika-dropped-duterte-still-wants-philippine-name-change|title='Maharlika' dropped, but Duterte still wants Philippine name change|first=Alexis|last=Romero|newspaper=The Philippine Star}} The name change is still supported by the government, although a new name has yet to be determined.
• Malaysia. Filipino politicians also suggested adopting the name for the country. A bill in the Senate was presented in 1962 to change the name of the Philippines to Malaysia, but leaders of the nationalist movement of the modern state would adopt the name while the bill was in Congress.{{Cite book|last=Sakai|first=Minako|title=Regional Minorities and Development in Asia|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=978-0-415-55130-4|editor1-last=Cao|editor1-first=Elizabeth|page=124|chapter=Reviving Malay Connections in Southeast Asia|editor2-last=Morrell|chapter-url=http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/connections.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013055904/http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/connections.pdf|archive-date=13 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
• Rizalia. Named after Filipino patriot José Rizal,{{Cite web |url=http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/selection-and-proclamation-of-national-heroes-and-laws-honoring-filipino-historical-figures/ |title=National Commission for Culture and the Arts – A Filipino people with a strong sense of nationhood and deep respect for cultural diversity |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307142715/https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/selection-and-proclamation-of-national-heroes-and-laws-honoring-filipino-historical-figures/ |url-status=dead }} in a similar fashion to Bolivia being named after Simón Bolivar.

:* República Rizalina ("Rizaline Republic"). While exiled in Japan, former revolutionary general Artemio Ricarte proposed the name and had already drafted a constitution for this attempt at a revolutionary government. The term has been pushed by many pro-Rizal Filipinos, however, the term itself is criticized by many as Rizal was not in favor of Philippine independence during the Philippine revolution against Spain as he believed that the Philippines was "not yet ready" to be separated from "mother Spain".{{cite news|last=Rodis|first=Rodel|title='Maharlika' Reconsidered|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/mindfeeds/mindfeeds/view/20080902-158208/Maharlika-Reconsidered|access-date=July 24, 2011|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=September 2, 2008}} However, historians agree through surfaced historical documents that Rizal "believed in the supreme right of revolution" but "did not think it timely in 1896, and considered the people and the country unprepared for it."{{cite web|url=https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1667/did-rizal-favor-the-revolution-a-criticism-of-the-valenzuela-memoirs|title=Did Rizal Favor the Revolution? A Criticism of the Valenzuela Memoirs|website=The Kahimyang Project|date=May 26, 2014}}

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