Naic
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Naic (), officially the Municipality of Naic (), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
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Naic (), officially the Municipality of Naic (), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
== Etymology == Naic, Cavite is one of the former barrios of Maragondon, along with: Magallanes (named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan); Bailen (named after a town in Spain wherefrom the Friar Baltazar Narváez came, but renamed and now, General Emilio Aguinaldo, after the first President of the First Philippine Republic; Tagaytay, a former part of Alfonso; Alfonso, (named after the King Alfonso who ascended the throne as a youngster, after his mother, a child Queen abdicated—after being enthroned by a General -later Count- Narváez); and, Ternate (a town with three names, Ternate, Wawa, Barra. Ternate was the name of the home in Mollucas of the settlers who were sent by the Dutch and Portuguese to the Philippines to fight the Chinese Pirates; Wawa was the name for this Shores-rich little site; Barra was the name given for this "Docking Place or Site" of Maragondon.)
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