Etymology
Tradition holds the town itself was born from the Virgin Mary’s call or "taoag" to the young man. The term manaoag was derived from this, and means "She Calls".
The title Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag is the same as The Our Lady of the Rosary used universally just like Mary’s other designations in The Litany in her honor as well as her more than 200 other identities or Labels of Reverence. It must be emphasized though that all of these names really refer to the same polyonymous Mary, The Mother of Christ. The “of Manaoag” epithet is an appendage to that title to merely associate her to the host town and to the parish.
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