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Marikina History

The city’s name Marikina links back to many legends. Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera claimed that the name originated from Captain Berenguer de Marquina, former chief executive of the town. On the other hand, it was also said that the city was named after a priest who baptized the natives of the land. Another source assumed that the Jesuits labeled it as Mariquina, their hometown in Spain. Still, one source asserts that it came from the conversation of a villager and a priest; the villager uttered that the parish was already beautiful, or, in Filipino language “marikit na”. [...]

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