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History of Siquijor

  • Banguis-Bantawig, Renalyn and Anoos-Aljas, Concepcion. Siquijor’s Mystical Wonders. Central Book Supply, Inc.

  • Etymology

    Bisaya for "I don't know;" split from Balolang, Larena

    nabuong/nabuak: broken

    bitaug (oil nut or mastwood) tree

    kamugaw (kaffir lime) tree

    kalibuan/libo: a thousand fireflies

    kapan: old treasure box

    olaje: swell from the sea

    pari: priest; place where Mass was celebrated

    Spanish for "town center"

    ilung tulapos: orphaned children

    Barangay

    Balolang

    Binoongan

    Bitaug

    Camogao

    Libo

    Lumangcapan

    Olave

    Pari-an

    Poblacion

    Tulapos

  • Etymology

    bagakay: thornless bamboo shrub

    Bisaya for "I don't know"

    basakan/basa: wet and muddy ricefields

    Bisaya for "hill"

    bintan: haunted place

    buli (Gebang palm)

    kalonasankalo (abundance) and nasan/kinhason (shells)

    tigum: meeting place

    lambo: fishing net

    alyas: alias

    apa: fat; fatty parts of the body

    bagsa/dagsa: mysterious maiden

    lalag: trees with yellow leaves

    kan-anan: eating pace; kan-onan: abundance of food

    Wife of former Gov. Eulogio Omictin

    nonoc: West Indian jasmine tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    Bisaya for "fishpond"

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    sandug/sanduganan: place where varied fishes abound

    Type of fish

    Barangay

    Bagacay

    Balolang

    Basac

    Bontod

    Bintangan

    Cabulihan

    Calunasan

    Candigum

    Canlambo

    Cang-allas

    Cang-apa

    Cang-bagsa

    Cang-malalag

    Can-oan

    Helen

    Nonoc

    Poblacion (North and South)

    Ponong

    Sabang

    Sandugan

    Taculing

  • Etymology

    bangkal: Leichhardt tree

    palanas: layers of large flat stones

    cang manto: old man

    tambo: to look outside (for Moro pirates)

    gabayan: log; old name: Canghalawig

    Bisaya for "stairs (made of rock)"

    kinalamdagansantilmo (St. Elmo's fire: rare plasma-based blue/violet "lighting" in the clouds, named for the patron saint of sailors)

    Nage and Erong: names of twin brothers

    Spanish for "town center"

    po-o: eroded, vanishing (soil)

    si Sima icolan/iduyan: to put Mariasima in the cradle

    manok: chickens; tagmanoc: shells

    Old name of Lazi

    tugnaw: cold (place)

    ytay: maiden

    Barangay

    Cabangcalan (Upper and Lower)

    Campalanas

    Canggomantong

    Catambo-an

    Gabayan

    Kimba (Quimba)

    Kinamandagan

    Nagerong

    Poblacion

    Po-o

    Simacolong

    Tagmanocan

    Tigbawan

    Tignao

    Ytaya

  • Etymology

    bogo tree

    bonga: betel palm

    kalabasan/kalabasa: squash

    kanda-ison ug aping: dimpled cheeks

    taroc/tarok: bandits being killed with spears and bow and arrow

    lico/liko: fruit of a camansili (Manila tamarind) tree

    lilo: strong seawater current

    look: C-shaped coast/bay; look/tuok: to strangle

    ughukan: to call to attention with a loud voice

    olang/ulang: barricade

    pasong: large wooden water basin

    Spanish for "town center"

    saguing: plenty of bananas near a spring

    Oldest barangay

    Bisaya for "vanishing water"

    Barangay

    Bogo

    Bonga

    Cabal-asan

    Candaping (A and B)

    Cantaroc (A and B)

    Lico-an

    Lilo-an

    Looc

    Logucan

    Olang

    Pisong (A and B)

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Saguing

    Sawang

    Tag-ibo

  • Etymology

    sa ka Anas Agan: at the place of Anastacio Agan

    muna: widow

    dura: fairy

    sayang: daughter of a local chieftain

    Old name of San Juan

    tulay: grass

    lala: enchanted (Alangasing tree)

    na-it-it: dried up (water)

    palit: to buy (water from the well)

    pasihag: putting the hands over the eyes as binoculars (guarding coastal areas against pirates, presumably Moros)

    Spanish for "town center"

    solang: chin (meager income)

    atabay diyot: small well

    tambis: fruit

    timba: container

    Bisaya for "spring" (source of water)

    Barangay

    Cang-asagan

    Cang-muang

    Candura

    Cansayang

    Capilay/Macapilay

    Catulayan

    Lala-o

    Maite

    Paliton

    Pasihagon

    Poblacion

    Solangon

    Tag-ibo

    Tambisan

    Timbaon

    Tubod

  • Etymology

    banban: shrub; balanban: fish

    anay: termites

    lalin: transferring or migrating to somewhere else

    canal: spring (source of water)

    adieng: owner of a creek

    calaw-ang law-angan: holes

    Candoy and Candasa: names of a couple

    tuyom: sea urchin

    gadahunog: sound of thunder

    Inte and Cang: names of a couple

    isad: woman with three sons

    itik: wild ducks

    ipil: tree

    duman na huug: fell from a coconut tree

    Bisaya for "high/above;" hill/mountaintop

    lurang/hupas: subside

    an enchanted mortar

    ulo: head; in this case, a beheaded priest

    pangi: tree

    pan and utan: abundance of vegetables and cassava

    hagupili: tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    pula: red; yuta: land/soil

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    St. Anthony

    See etymology for the island of Siquijor

    taclob: cover (of something); not to be confused with Tacloban, Leyte

    Bisaya for "cats and dogs"

    Barangay

    Banban

    Candanay (Norte and Sur)

    Calalinan

    Canal

    Cang-adieng

    Cang-alwang

    Cang-asa

    Cang-atuyom

    Cang-hunoghunong

    Cang-inte

    Cang-isad

    Caitican

    Caipilan

    Dumanhog

    Ibabao

    Luyang

    Luzong

    Olo

    Pangi

    Panlautan

    Pili

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Pulangyuta

    Sabang

    San Antonio

    Siquijor

    Tacloban

    Tacdog

  • Etymology

    Bisaya for "I don't know;" split from Balolang, Larena

    nabuong/nabuak: broken

    bitaug (oil nut or mastwood) tree

    kamugaw (kaffir lime) tree

    kalibuan/libo: a thousand fireflies

    kapan: old treasure box

    olaje: swell from the sea

    pari: priest; pari-an: place where Mass was celebrated

    Spanish for "town center"

    ilung tulapos: orphaned children

    Barangay

    Balolang

    Binoongan

    Bitaug

    Camogao

    Libo

    Lumangcapan

    Olave

    Pari-an

    Poblacion

    Tulapos

  • Etymology

    bagakay: thornless bamboo shrub

    Bisaya for "I don't know"

    basakan/basa: wet and muddy ricefields

    Bisaya for "hill"

    bintan: haunted place

    buli (Gebang palm)

    kalonasankalo (abundance) and nasan/kinhason (shells)

    tigum: meeting place

    lambo: fishing net

    alyas: alias

    apa: fat; fatty parts of the body

    bagsa/dagsa: mysterious maiden

    lalag: trees with yellow leaves

    kan-anan: eating pace; kan-onan: abundance of food

    Wife of former Gov. Eulogio Omictin

    nonoc: West Indian jasmine tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    Bisaya for "fishpond"

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    sandug/sanduganan: place where varied fishes abound

    Type of fish

    Barangay

    Bagacay

    Balolang

    Basac

    Bontod

    Bintangan

    Cabulihan

    Calunasan

    Candigum

    Canlambo

    Cang-allas

    Cang-apa

    Cang-bagsa

    Cang-malalag

    Can-oan

    Helen

    Nonoc

    Poblacion (North and South)

    Ponong

    Sabang

    Sandugan

    Taculing

  • Etymology

    bangkal: Leichhardt tree

    palanas: layers of large flat stones

    cang manto: old man

    tambo: to look outside (for Moro pirates)

    gabayan: log; old name: Canghalawig

    Bisaya for "stairs (made of rock)"

    kinalamdagansantilmo (St. Elmo's fire: rare plasma-based blue/violet "lighting" in the clouds, named for the patron saint of sailors)

    Nage and Erong: names of twin brothers

    Spanish for "town center"

    po-o: eroded, vanishing (soil)

    si Sima icolan/iduyan: to put Mariasima in the cradle

    manok: chickens; tagmanoc: shells

    Old name of Lazi

    tugnaw: cold (place)

    ytay: maiden

    Barangay

    Cabangcalan (Upper and Lower)

    Campalanas

    Canggomantong

    Catambo-an

    Gabayan

    Kimba (Quimba)

    Kinamandagan

    Nagerong

    Poblacion

    Po-o

    Simacolong

    Tagmanocan

    Tigbawan

    Tignao

    Ytaya

  • Etymology

    bogo tree

    bonga: betel palm

    kalabasan/kalabasa: squash

    kanda-ison ug aping: dimpled cheeks

    taroc/tarok: bandits being killed with spears and bow and arrow

    lico/liko: fruit of a camansili (Manila tamarind) tree

    lilo: strong seawater current

    look: C-shaped coast/bay; look/tuok: to strangle

    ughukan: to call to attention with a loud voice

    olang/ulang: barricade

    pasong: large wooden water basin

    Spanish for "town center"

    saguing: plenty of bananas near a spring

    Oldest barangay

    Barangay

    Bogo

    Bonga

    Cabal-asan

    Candaping (A and B)

    Cantaroc (A and B)

    Lico-an

    Lilo-an

    Looc

    Logucan

    Olang

    Pisong (A and B)

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Saguing

    Sawang

  • Etymology

    sa ka Anas Agan: at the place of Anastacio Agan

    muna: widow

    dura: fairy

    sayang: daughter of a local chieftain

    Old name of San Juan

    tulay: grass

    lala: enchanted (Alangasing tree)

    na-it-it: dried up (water)

    palit: to buy (water from the well)

    pasihag: putting the hands over the eyes as binoculars (guarding coastal areas against pirates, presumably Moros)

    Spanish for "town center"

    solang: chin (meager income)

    atabay diyot: small well

    tambis: fruit

    timba: container

    Bisaya for "spring" (source of water)

    Barangay

    Cang-asagan

    Cang-muang

    Candura

    Cansayang

    Capilay/

    Macapilay

    Catulayan

    Lala-o

    Maite

    Paliton

    Pasihagon

    Poblacion

    Solangon

    Tag-ibo

    Tambisan

    Timbaon

    Tubod

  • Etymology

    banban: shrub; balanban: fish

    anay: termites

    lalin: transferring or migrating to somewhere else

    canal: spring (source of water)

    adieng: owner of a creek

    calaw-ang law-angan: holes

    Candoy and Candasa: names of a couple

    tuyom: sea urchin

    gadahunog: sound of thunder

    Inte and Cang: names of a couple

    isad: woman with three sons

    itik: wild ducks

    ipil: tree

    duman na huug: fell from a coconut tree

    Bisaya for "high/above;" hill/mountaintop

    lurang/hupas: subside

    an enchanted mortar

    ulo: head; in this case, a beheaded priest

    pangi: tree

    pan and utan: abundance of vegetables and cassava

    hagupili: tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    pula: red; yuta: land/soil

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    St. Anthony

    See etymology for the island of Siquijor

    taclob: cover (of something); not to be confused with Tacloban, Leyte

    Bisaya for "cats and dogs"

    Bisaya for "vanishing water"

    Barangay

    Banban

    Candanay (Norte and Sur)

    Calalinan

    Canal

    Cang-adieng

    Cang-alwang

    Cang-asa

    Cang-atuyom

    Cang-hunoghunong

    Cang-inte

    Cang-isad

    Caitican

    Caipilan

    Dumanhog

    Ibabao

    Luyang

    Luzong

    Olo

    Pangi

    Panlautan

    Pili

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Pulangyuta

    Sabang

    San Antonio

    Siquijor

    Tacloban

    Tacdog

    Tag-ibo

  • Etymology

    Bisaya for "I don't know;" split from Balolang, Larena

    nabuong/nabuak: broken

    bitaug (oil nut or mastwood) tree

    kamugaw (kaffir lime) tree

    kalibuan/libo: a thousand fireflies

    kapan: old treasure box

    olaje: swell from the sea

    pari: priest; pari-an: place where Mass was celebrated

    Spanish for "town center"

    ilung tulapos: orphaned children

    Barangay

    Balolang

    Binoongan

    Bitaug

    Camogao

    Libo

    Lumangcapan

    Olave

    Pari-an

    Poblacion

    Tulapos

  • Etymology

    bagakay: thornless bamboo shrub

    Bisaya for "I don't know"

    basakan/basa: wet and muddy ricefields

    Bisaya for "hill"

    bintan: haunted place

    buli (Gebang palm)

    kalonasankalo (abundance) and nasan/kinhason (shells)

    tigum: meeting place

    lambo: fishing net

    alyas: alias

    apa: fat; fatty parts of the body

    bagsa/dagsa: mysterious maiden

    lalag: trees with yellow leaves

    kan-anan: eating pace; kan-onan: abundance of food

    Wife of former Gov. Eulogio Omictin

    nonoc: West Indian jasmine tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    Bisaya for "fishpond"

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    sandug/sanduganan: place where varied fishes abound

    Type of fish

    Barangay

    Bagacay

    Balolang

    Basac

    Bontod

    Bintangan

    Cabulihan

    Calunasan

    Candigum

    Canlambo

    Cang-allas

    Cang-apa

    Cang-bagsa

    Cang-malalag

    Can-oan

    Helen

    Nonoc

    Poblacion (North and South)

    Ponong

    Sabang

    Sandugan

    Taculing

  • Etymology

    bangkal: Leichhardt tree

    palanas: layers of large flat stones

    cang manto: old man

    tambo: to look outside (for Moro pirates)

    gabayan: log; old name: Canghalawig

    Bisaya for "stairs (made of rock)"

    kinalamdagansantilmo (St. Elmo's fire: rare plasma-based blue/violet "lighting" in the clouds, named for the patron saint of sailors)

    Nage and Erong: names of twin brothers

    Spanish for "town center"

    po-o: eroded, vanishing (soil)

    si Sima icolan/iduyan: to put Mariasima in the cradle

    manok: chickens; tagmanoc: shells

    Old name of Lazi

    tugnaw: cold (place)

    ytay: maiden

    Barangay

    Cabangcalan (Upper and Lower)

    Campalanas

    Canggomantong

    Catambo-an

    Gabayan

    Kimba (Quimba)

    Kinamandagan

    Nagerong

    Poblacion

    Po-o

    Simacolong

    Tagmanocan

    Tigbawan

    Tignao

    Ytaya

  • Etymology

    bogo tree

    bonga: betel palm

    kalabasan/kalabasa: squash

    kanda-ison ug aping: dimpled cheeks

    taroc/tarok: bandits being killed with spears and bow and arrow

    lico/liko: fruit of a camansili (Manila tamarind) tree

    lilo: strong seawater current

    look: C-shaped coast/bay; look/tuok: to strangle

    ughukan: to call to attention with a loud voice

    olang/ulang: barricade

    pasong: large wooden water basin

    Spanish for "town center"

    saguing: plenty of bananas near a spring

    Oldest barangay

    Barangay

    Bogo

    Bonga

    Cabal-asan

    Candaping (A and B)

    Cantaroc (A and B)

    Lico-an

    Lilo-an

    Looc

    Logucan

    Olang

    Pisong (A and B)

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Saguing

    Sawang

  • Etymology

    sa ka Anas Agan: at the place of Anastacio Agan

    muna: widow

    dura: fairy

    sayang: daughter of a local chieftain

    Old name of San Juan

    tulay: grass

    lala: enchanted (Alangasing tree)

    na-it-it: dried up (water)

    palit: to buy (water from the well)

    pasihag: putting the hands over the eyes as binoculars (guarding coastal areas against pirates, presumably Moros)

    Spanish for "town center"

    solang: chin (meager income)

    atabay diyot: small well

    tambis: fruit

    timba: container

    Bisaya for "spring" (source of water)

    Barangay

    Cang-asagan

    Cang-muang

    Candura

    Cansayang

    Capilay/

    Macapilay

    Catulayan

    Lala-o

    Maite

    Paliton

    Pasihagon

    Poblacion

    Solangon

    Tag-ibo

    Tambisan

    Timbaon

    Tubod

  • Etymology

    banban: shrub; balanban: fish

    anay: termites

    lalin: transferring or migrating to somewhere else

    canal: spring (source of water)

    adieng: owner of a creek

    calaw-ang law-angan: holes

    Candoy and Candasa: names of a couple

    tuyom: sea urchin

    gadahunog: sound of thunder

    Inte and Cang: names of a couple

    isad: woman with three sons

    itik: wild ducks

    ipil: tree

    duman na huug: fell from a coconut tree

    Bisaya for "high/above;" hill/mountaintop

    lurang/hupas: subside

    an enchanted mortar

    ulo: head; in this case, a beheaded priest

    pangi: tree

    pan and utan: abundance of vegetables and cassava

    hagupili: tree

    Spanish for "town center"

    pula: red; yuta: land/soil

    saba: noisy; sab-a: banana

    St. Anthony

    See etymology for the island of Siquijor

    taclob: cover (of something); not to be confused with Tacloban, Leyte

    Bisaya for "cats and dogs"

    Bisaya for "vanishing water"

    Barangay

    Banban

    Candanay (Norte and Sur)

    Calalinan

    Canal

    Cang-adieng

    Cang-alwang

    Cang-asa

    Cang-atuyom

    Cang-hunoghunong

    Cang-inte

    Cang-isad

    Caitican

    Caipilan

    Dumanhog

    Ibabao

    Luyang

    Luzong

    Olo

    Pangi

    Panlautan

    Pili

    Poblacion (Norte and Sur)

    Pulangyuta

    Sabang

    San Antonio

    Siquijor

    Tacloban

    Tacdog

    Tag-ibo

Etymology of Siquijor's Barangays

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