Kagitingan

See also: kagitingan

English

Etymology

Derived from Tagalog kagitingan (“heroism”), due to 8 out of its 10 major roads being named after national heroes (Magsaysay, General Luna, Rajah Soliman, Rajah Matanda, Lapu-Lapu, Dagohoy, Kalantiao, and Lakandula, with the other two being Katipunan (“congregation”) and Kalayaan (“freedom”)). Created in 1969.

Proper noun

Kagitingan

1. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

   Coordinate terms: Abanao - Zandueta - Chugum - Kayang - Otek, Alfonso Tabora, Ambiong, Andres Bonifacio, Andres Bonifacio - Caguioa - Rimando, Asin, Atok Trail, Aurora Hill Proper, BGH Compound, Bakakeng Central, Bakakeng Norte, Bal Marcoville, Bayan Park Village, Brookside, Brookspoint, Cabinet Hill - Teachers Camp, Camdas, Camp 7, Camp 8, Camp Allen, Campo Filipino, Campo Sioco, City Camp Central, City Camp Proper, Country Club Village, Cresencia Village, DPS Compound, Dizon - Manzanillo, Dominican - Mirador, Dontogan, East Bayan Park, East Modern Site, East Quirino Hill, Engineers Hill, Fairview, Ferdinand, Gabriela Silang, General Emilio F. Aguinaldo - Lower Quirino Magsaysay, Gibraltar, Greenwater Village, Guisad Central, Guisad Surong, Happy Hallow, Happy Homes - Old Lucban, Harrison Claudio Carantes, Hillside, Holy Ghost Extension, Holy Ghost Hill Proper, Honeymoon-Holyghost, Imelda Marcos, Imelda Village, Irisan, Kabayanihan, Kagitingan, Kayang Extension, Kayang Hilltop, Kias, Legarda-Burnham-Kisad, Leonila Hill, Liwanag Loakan, Loakan Apugan, Loakan Proper, Lopez Jaena, Lourdes Extension, Lourdes Proper Subdivision, Lower Dagsian, Lower General Luna, Lower Lourdes, Lower Magsaysay, Lower Quirino Hill, Lower Rock Quarry, Lualhati, Lucnab, MRR - Queen of Peace, MRR Queen of Peace, Magsaysay Private Road, Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Manuel Roxas, Middle Quezon Hill Subdivision, Middle Quirino Hill, Middle Rock Quarry, Military Cut-Off, Mines View Park, New Lucban, North Central Aurora Hill, North Sanitary Camp, Outlook Drive, PMA Fort Del Pilar, Pacdal, Padre Burgos, Padre Zamora, Palma-Urbano, Phil-am, Pinget, Pinsao Pilot Project, Pinsao Proper, Poliwes, Pucsusan, Quezon Hill Proper, Rizal Monument Area, SLU-SVP Housing Village, Saint Joseph Village, Salud Mitra, San Antonio Village, San Luis - Balsigan, San Luis Village, San Roque Village, San Vicente, Santa Escolastica Village, Santo Niño - Slaughter, Santo Rosario, Santo Tomas Proper, Santo Tomas School Area, Scout Barrio, Session Road, South Central Aurora Hill, South Drive, South Sanitary Camp, Teodora Alonzo, Trancoville, Upper Dagsian, Upper General Luna, Upper Magsaysay, Upper Market Subdivision, Upper Quezon Hill, Upper Quirino Magsaysay, Upper Rock Quarry, Victoria Village, West Modern Site, West Quirino Hill — barangays of Baguio

References

• City Government of Baguio (1998) Baguio City on its 89th year: A Brief History of Baguio Barangays (overall work in English), Baguio City, Philippines, page 59