<Li> Pearl of the Orient / Pearl of the Orient Seas ( Spanish : Perla de oriente / Perla del mar de oriente ) is the sobriquet of the Philippines . The term originated from the idea of Spanish Jesuit missionary Fr . Juan J. Delgado in 1751 . In his last poem Mi último adiós , Dr. José Rizal referred the country with this name . In the 1960 revision of Lupang Hinirang , the Philippine national anthem , the Tagalog version of this phrase was included as the translation from the original Spanish . </Li>
<Li> Pearl of the Orient / Pearl of the Orient Seas ( Spanish : Perla de oriente / Perla del mar de oriente ) is the sobriquet of the Philippines . The term originated from the idea of Spanish Jesuit missionary Fr . Juan J. Delgado in 1751 . In his last poem Mi último adiós , Dr. José Rizal referred the country with this name . In the 1960 revision of Lupang Hinirang , the Philippine national anthem , the Tagalog version of this phrase was included as the translation from the original Spanish . </Li>
who gave the name pearl of the orient seas
who gave the name pearl of the orient seas
Fr . Juan J. Delgado
Fr . Juan J. Delgado