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  1. Name Timeline:
  2. Before 1512: Amihan
  3. 1521 - 1898: Gabriela Angelita Imelda de la Cruz
  4. 1898 - 1946: Gabriela de la Cruz
  5. Modern time: Luzviminda Dimalaluan Macasaet Magbantay
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  7. Amihan- Northeastern winds that usually come around from September to June. More of the reason being, according to a Tagalog legend, the bird that saved the first man and woman in the world from a bamboo plan was called Amihan.
  8. Gabriela- Meaning "God is my Strength." During the time in which the Philippines was colonized by Spain, the Spanish forced the Philippines people to convert to the Roman Catholic religion. Gabriela is also after Gabriela Silang [ Full name: María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang. Usually shortened to Gabriela Silang ], a Filipino revolutionary leader and the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang. When Diego died, Gabriela continued his work. She led the insurgency for four months before she was captured and executed by the colonial government of the Spanish East Indies. Gabriela was the Spanish name Luzviminda was given upon colonization, but she kept the name during the time of Gabriela Silang [ Gabriela Silang lived from 1731 to 1763 ]
  9. Angelita- Spanish diminutive of Angela. Angela is feminine form of Angelus, which connects to Angel. Angel is the Latin masculine name Angelus, which is derived from the creature, an angel. This, also, all ties heavily into the covert to Roman Catholicism. Fact: Minor Basilica of the Holy Child / Basílica Menor del Santo Niño de Cebú, commonly known as Santo Niño Church, is the oldest church in the Philippines. It was founded in 1565.
  10. Imelda- Imelda means "Powerful Fighter." It is also the first name of the widow of a former Philippine President. Imelda Marcos was married to Ferdinand Marcos.
  11. de le Cruz- Meaning "Of the Cross." Once more, connecting to the Roman Catholic Religion. This was a very popular surname during Spanish colonization, with both the Spanish and the Filipinos.
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  13. - Luzviminda shortened her name after breaking away from Spanish Colonization, going into American colonization and becoming the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
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