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Filipino women with two given names such as María Cristina or María Victoria may choose to abbreviate the very common María (in honor of the Virgin Mary) as Ma. (with a period), thus rendering these given names as Ma. Cristina or Ma. Victoria.
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 Philippines,[f]officially the Republic of the Philippines,[g]is an archipelagic countryin Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisionsfrom north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Ma-i, or Maidh (also spelled Ma'I, Mai, Ma-yi or Mayi; Baybayin: ᜋᜁ; Hanunoo: ᜫᜡ; Hokkien Chinese: 麻逸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâ-i̍t; Mandarin Chinese: 麻逸; pinyin: máyì; Wade–Giles: ma2-i4), was an ancient sovereign state located in what is now the Philippines. Its existence was first documented in 971 in the Song dynasty ...
Metro Manila is the home to the National Museum of the Philippines, the national museum of the country. It operates a chain of museums located in the grounds of Rizal Park just outside Intramuros, such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Anthropology and the National Museum of Natural History.
List of islands of the Philippines. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [ 1 ][ 2 ] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [ 3 ] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [ 2 ]
Manila (/ məˈnɪlə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila, pronounced [maɪˈnilɐʔ]), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila [lʊŋˈsod nɐŋ maɪˈnilɐʔ]), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified ...
Ma-on made landfall roughly 50 miles (80 km) east of Zhanjiang, China, around 1 ... Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on brought far-reaching impacts to the Philippines and Southeast Asia after striking ...