Hispanic Geographical Place Names of Metro Manila

• Autores: Marco Antonio Joven Romero
• Localización: Anuari de Filologia. Estudis de Lingüística, ISSN-e 2014-1408, Nº. 11, 2021, págs. 17-44
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1344/afel2021.11.2
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• Resumen
  • español

    Los topónimos reflejan las características físicas del territorio que bautizan y los topónimos geográficos hispánicos en Metro Manila describen la geografía de la región. En las siguientes páginas, extraigo y explico los topónimos geográficos hispánicos vivos en Metro Manila, y analizo las características que describen según estas categorías: Cuerpo de Agua, Agricultura, Fluvial, Terrestre, Marítimo, Subsuelo, Urbano y Vegetación. Concluyo que los elementos responden a las distintas categorías siguiendo patrones especiales según las características físicas del territorio y la actividad colonial española.

  • English

    Place names print the physical characteristics of the territory they name and Hispanic geographical place names in Metro Manila depict the geography of the region. In the following pages, I extract and explain the living Hispanic geographical toponyms in Metro Manila, and I discuss the different physical features they describe according to these categories: Body of Water, Farming, Fluvial, Land, Sea, Underground, Urban, Vegetation. I conclude that items responding to different categories follow specific space patterns according to the physical characteristics of the territory and the Spanish colonial activity.

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