Name of The Philippines - Proposed Names

Proposed Names

• Haring Bayang Katagalugan (Sovereign Tagalog Nation). Andrés Bonifacio's suggested name for the Filipino nation, intended to be governed by the 1896-1897 Republika ng Katagalugan (Tagalog Republic). This was later used by Macario Sakay for his 1902-1906 government that was suppressed by the Americans.
• Kapatiran ("Brotherhood"), or its semi-equivalent Katipunan ("Assembly"/"Gathering").
• Luzviminda. Portmanteau of the first syllables of the country's three major island groups: Luzon; Visayas; and Mindanao. Appears more nowadays as a dated female given name.
• Mahárlika (Sanskrit: Mahardhikka – Nobility). In Pre-Hispanic Philippines, the mahárlika was the "noble warrior" class whose members were essentially the same as the common man, albeit with the duty to serve the ruler in battle. The word mahárlika is derived from Sanskrit word maharddhika which means "nobility". In 1978, former President Ferdinand Marcos supported a House Bill mandating the country's renaming to Mahárlika.
• Rizalia. Named after national hero José Rizal in a similar fashion to Bolivia being named after its hero (Simón Bolivar).

• While exiled in Japan, former revolutionary general Artemio Ricarte proposed the name República Rizalina ("Rizaline Republic") and had already drafted a constitution for this attempt at a revolutionary government.