16/03/2022
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"Subic" was derived from the native word "hubek", which means "head of a plow". The origin of the name was a by-product of the altruistic colonial enterprise. On a bright day in 1542, Juan de Salcedo, the able Spanish conquistador and dashing grandson of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founded Subic while collecting tributes in the area. The town's name at that time is Hubek. How this name was changed to Subic is the stuff of persistent leged. It tells of Salcedo's mispronouncing "Hubek" as "Subiq". By the time of the American occupation of Subic, the Yankees mispronounced "Subiq" into "Subig". Later on "Subig" became "Subiq" again, but the letter q - apparently of Spanish origin - was replaced with the letter c, hence the name "Subic" (Zamboanga Hermosa, 2021).
References:
https://zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Subic,_Zambales,_Philippines
https://thehappytrip.com/2019/05/subic-zambales-travel-guide