Filipinas
See also: filipinas
English
Noun
Filipinas
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Filipinas
- Philippines (a country in Asia)
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas.
Proper noun
Filipinas
- Philippines (a country in Asia)
References
- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.
Classical Nahuatl
Proper noun
Filipinas
- Philippines (a country in Asia)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Fi‧li‧pi‧nas
Proper noun
Filipinas f pl
- Philippines (an archipelago and country in Asia in the Pacific Ocean)
Spanish
Etymology
From Felipe + -inas. Originally las Islas Filipinas (literally “the Philippine Isles”), after King Philip II of Spain.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Filipinas f
- Philippines (Republic of the Philippines)
Usage notes
Contrary to English, in Spanish the definite article is optional when referring to the Philippines' exonym in Spanish (i.e. las Filipinas), meaning you may omit the article "las" if you so choose.
Related terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe (“the name of a King of Spain”) + -inas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Filipinas
- (proscribed) alternative form of Pilipinas
Usage notes
- See Pilipinas.
Yogad
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas.
Proper noun
Filipinas
Categories:
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Philippines
- nch:Countries in Asia
- nch:Countries
- Central Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Central Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Philippines
- nhn:Countries in Asia
- nhn:Countries
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl proper nouns
- nci:Philippines
- nci:Countries in Asia
- nci:Countries
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese pluralia tantum
- pt:Philippines
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in Asia
- pt:Countries
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ina
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Countries in Asia
- es:Philippines
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms spelled with F
- Tagalog proscribed terms
- Tagalog links with manual fragments
- Yogad terms borrowed from Spanish
- Yogad terms derived from Spanish
- Yogad lemmas
- Yogad proper nouns