Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Coat of Arms of Manila is composed of the city's modern coat-of-arms, with colors mirroring those of the National Flag. It is a modified form of the city's colonial arms bestowed in the 16th century.The arms consist of a pre-Hispanic shield, horizontally divided into red and blue fields. The top, red half depicts the city's nickname, \"Pearl of the Orient\", while the lower, blue half is charged with a sea-lion surmounting the waves of the River Pasig and Manila Bay. The sea-lion originally represented the islands's former colonial status as an ultramar (overseas) possession of Spain, and is ultimately derived from the arms of the Kingdom of León.The arms are surrounded by a white roundel containing the words Lungsod ng Maynila and Pilipinas (Filipino, \"City of Manila\"; \"Philippines\"), and six yellow stars representing the city's six congressional districts."@en }
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- Coat_of_arms_of_Manila abstract "The Coat of Arms of Manila is composed of the city's modern coat-of-arms, with colors mirroring those of the National Flag. It is a modified form of the city's colonial arms bestowed in the 16th century.The arms consist of a pre-Hispanic shield, horizontally divided into red and blue fields. The top, red half depicts the city's nickname, \"Pearl of the Orient\", while the lower, blue half is charged with a sea-lion surmounting the waves of the River Pasig and Manila Bay. The sea-lion originally represented the islands's former colonial status as an ultramar (overseas) possession of Spain, and is ultimately derived from the arms of the Kingdom of León.The arms are surrounded by a white roundel containing the words Lungsod ng Maynila and Pilipinas (Filipino, \"City of Manila\"; \"Philippines\"), and six yellow stars representing the city's six congressional districts.".