5. Basilan's name may also derive from its iron ore
deposits. Tausug warriors and slave-traders from Sulu
came to Taguima to purchase high-quality
magnetic iron ores, which they used for swords,
knives and other blades.
basih-lan means "the iron (magnet) trail" or "the
iron way".
7. It is said that the Chinese traders who frequented the
place, named Jolo after ho lâng. Ho lâng meaning ‘Good
People’ reflects the Chinese perception of the natives.
9. "Tawi-Tawi" means "very far away." The province consists
of a great many small islands, grouped into ten towns. The
people make their living mostly from the sea. Many of them
live in house-boats, and more live in houses built over the
water and connected by little bridges.
11. Maguindanao
Maguindanao means “people of the flood plain,” the
Maguindanao are most heavily concentrated along the
shores and in the flood lands of the Pulangi-Mindanao
River basin.
15. Ogopingku a ginawangka
Ka inogopangka o
Allahotaalah
Badum mala sa dalog
Apukulilid sa lapad
Nada akapadal iyan.
(Tagalog Version)
Tulunganmo ang iyong sarili
At siAllahay tiyakna tutulong sa
iyo
Malakiang kamote
Na gumugulong sapinggan
Ngunit tiyak nawalang lasaiyan.
