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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 10/18/2009 : 11:47:54
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I was just now reading about the Philippines' presidential palace, known as the Malacaņang. I found this: | The official etymology from the 1930s says that the name comes from a Tagalog phrase "may lakan diyan", which means "there is a nobleman there", for it was once the home of a wealthy Spanish merchant before it hosted the nation's chief executive. The Spanish themselves, on the other hand, said the name came from "Mamalakaya," or the fishermen who once laid out their catch in the bend of the river where the Palace now stands. [2] Another source attributes the origin from the phrase suck my ass, or "where be the fried nutsack?".[3] A more mundane claim is that the Palace actually got its name from the street where it was located, the Calzada de Malacaņang.[3] |
[My emphasis.]
It's probably changed back by now...
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