Luzviminda (sometimes spelled Luzvisminda) is a

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Luzon Luzon ( , ) is the largest and most populous List of islands in the Philippines, island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political ce ...

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Visayas The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Bisayan languages, Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; Filipino language, Filipino: ''Kabisayaan'' ), are one of the three Island groups of the Philippines, principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, a ...

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Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the ...

— the names of the three major island groups of the Philippines. It is a feminine given

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.The Philippine name game
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. Published Saturday, 14 January 2006, 13:29 GMT, accessed January 2, 2007. Notable individuals with this name include: * Luzviminda Ilagan, Filipino activist and politician *

Luzviminda Tancangco Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections. She was its second female acting chairperson (1998–1999) after Haydee Yorac. Service She served from 1998 to 2004, and is one of the ...

, Commission on Elections commissioner

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