DO YOU KNOW THAT…
By: Rogelio S. Boston
Bugasong came from “Bugas Sa Lusong” meaning rice in the mortar.
Arangote became a barangay during the term of the late Mayor Candido Arangote in 1946.
Bagtason derived from ‘Nabagtas ron' or ‘namarhan' meaning already dried up leaving the fish and shrimp in dry land.
Caloy-ahan is the land of the ginger.
Camangahan means the land of the mangoes.
Cubay means row or line.
Guija means open space, deserted place or to separate the rice plants to create a passage.
Igbalangao is the land of the rainbow.
Ilaures is a nickname of a person, Laurencio Boston.
Ilauod is the direction to where the water of the river or spring flows.
Ilaya or Iraya is the direction from where the water of the river flows, which is to the sea.
Igsoro is the land of the soro plates from banana stalks.
Jinalinan comes from “ginhalinan kang suba” or left by the river.
Lacayon means mixed grains or cereals.
Madarag came from the word Malay, our forefathers.
Pangalcagan came from “pangalcal” meaning exhume the dead.
Tagudtud came from a couple named TAGuy and GUDay who lived in the pukaTUD (hill).
Talisay is a tree.
Tono-an came from a couple named TONO and ANA.
Zaragoza is a town in Spain , birthplace of STA. LUCIA, the patron saint.