Topic summary
Pulilan, Bulacan
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pulilan.
Etymology
According to Antoon Postma in his "The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (LCI) – A Valuable Philippine Document" this copperplate with inscription discovered at Lumbang River near the Laguna Lake area in Laguna dates back to 900 A.D. In this inscription was mentioned the name Puliran, as the old name for southeastern lake area. The toponyms or place names Puliran is Pulilan, Bulacan and Pulilan is in Laguna de Bay. However, Postma is convinced in his studies that Pulilan in the LCI is the Pulilan along the Angat River in Bulacan, north of Manila.