Talk:Antique (province)

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[edit] Move

(Fr. Antique -> Antique, Philippines)

Take a look at what links here. As "antique" is a common term in English that we could probably use an article on, I think this article should be moved to something like "Antique, Philippines". -- 13 Jul 2003, Infrogmation

Good idea. --Menchi 03:47 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Done. I was at first hesitant just putting the province under "Antique" since, it is an common word that deserves a topic. —seav 05:41 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

For many ancient European places, their articles mention the meaning of their names. How about "Antique"? Is it related to "antiguo" of Spanish? Or is this false friend? --Menchi 05:35 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I have no idea. Let me search on the Internet. It is most probably of Spanish origin, although I have no idea why it now has the english form. —seav 05:41 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Ok. I searched and found the answer, then I remembered that I already know the answer vaguely before. Antique was named after the large red ants that can be found on Panay. These were called antik-antik. I don't know what language that is since we also call large red ants antik in Tagalog, but this is in the Visayas, which almost certainly has a different language. —seav 06:27 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Great stuff. You could add it to the end of the intro or a new paragraph. Both formats have been seen in WP. --Menchi 06:48 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Done. The research got actually more involved. I had to place an early history of the province to put the name etymology into context. (I would do the succeeding history in the future.) —seav 08:27 14 Jul 2003 (UTC)