New Philippines

The New Philippines (Spanish: Nuevas Filipinas or Nuevas Philipinas) was the abbreviated name of a territory in New Spain. Its full and official name was Nuevo Reino de Filipinas.

Like other provinces, the territory was named after other existing dominions, in this case the Philippines, hence "New Philippines". The former were named after Philip II of Spain and the latter were named after the then-sovereign, King Philip V of Spain. The New Philippines ceased to be a legal entity upon the extinction of New Spain in 1821.

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