López de Legazpe

American

[law-peth the le-gahth-pe, law-pes the le-gahs-pe] / ˈlɔ pɛθ ðɛ lɛˈgɑθ pɛ, ˈlɔ pɛs ðɛ lɛˈgɑs pɛ /

Also López de Legaspi

noun

Miguel 1510?–72, Spanish conqueror and colonizer of the Philippines 1565: founder of Manila 1571.

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It was so called from the image of the child Jesus which was found by the adelantado Miguel Lopez de Legazpe in the Indian settlement in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-five.

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