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TOPONYMIC ORIGIN
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THEORY 1
BROKEN MAST
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@ Magallanes’ fleet sailed by Cabalían, the ma of one of his ships broke. Oe natives, seeing what happened, shouted, “¡Gikabalian! ¡Gikabalian!” Oe Spaniards, thinking it the name of the place, recorded Cabalían. VERSION A
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VERSION B
UALL-MEDIATED
FIRETREE-MEDIATED
;@ rong winds of a subasko, which blew as the fleet crossed the bay, broke the ma .
;@ long branches of the dapdap, which grew abundantly along the bay, broke the ma .
THEORY 2
PALM PLANTATION
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: the Spaniards arrived, Cabalían harboured numerous fore s and thickets of bulí. Consequently, natives living in the area called the place kabulihán. Much later, this toponym degenerated into Cabalían. VERSION A
VERSION B
ENDEMIC SHIFT
ECDEMIC SHIFT
;@ native inhabitants themselves, by dint of natural lingui ic development, changed the name.
;@ Spaniards who colonised the area, ignorant of the language of the natives, changed the name.
THEORY 3
COASTAL DISCONTINUITY
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-? ; ?; natives who regularly travelled along the bay noticed that there is a place where it naturally curved back, giving the impression that it is fra8ured, or nabalì. Hence, these native sailors called the place Cabalían. THEORY 4
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
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[ before the place was inhabited, its resident volcano erupted so cataclysmically that its peak imploded. Settlers who knew about this called the volcano broken, or nabalì. Ois later became the placename Cabalían.
A. D. 2022
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