Filipinas

See also: filipinas

English

Noun

Filipinas

1. plural of Filipina
2. the women's national football representative team of the Philippines

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe (“the name of a King of Spain”) + -inas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piliˈpinas/ [pi.l̪iˈpi.n̪as]

Proper noun

Filipinas (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)
2. the women's national football representative team of the Philippines

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Filipinas

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas.

Proper noun

Filipinas

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

References

• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.

Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

Filipinas

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Portuguese

Bandeira da República das Filipinas.

Etymology

From Spanish Filipinas, named after Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈpĩ.nɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈpĩ.nɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈpĩ.nɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈpi.nas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈpi.nɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: Fi‧li‧pi‧nas

Proper noun

Filipinas f pl (plural only)

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Felipinas (archaic)

Etymology

From Felipe +‎ -inas. Originally las Islas Filipinas (literally “the Philippine Isles”), named after Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /filiˈpinas/ [fi.liˈpi.nas]

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• Rhymes: -inas
• Syllabification: Fi‧li‧pi‧nas

Proper noun

Filipinas f

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)
2. (obsolete) the islands of Samar and Leyte

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

• filipino

See also

countries in Asia: países de Asia (appendix)edit

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe (“the name of a King of Spain”) + -inas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /filiˈpinas/ [fɪ.lɪˈpiː.n̪ɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /piliˈpinas/ [pɪ.lɪˈpiː.n̪ɐs]
• Rhymes: -inas
• Syllabification: Fi‧li‧pi‧nas

Proper noun

Filipinas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. (historically prescribed, now proscribed) alternative form of Pilipinas: Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)
   • 2026 March 3, 0:32 from the start, in Defense secretary: Middle East conflict has no direct threat to PH | ANC‎^[1], spoken by Gilberto Teodoro Jr., via ANC:

     Sa kabila ng mga agam-agam, dapat nga lalong pagtibayin ang ating bilateral and multilateral alliances para mapagtibay ang defensive posture ng Filipinas.

     Amidst many doubts, we should still further strengthen our bilateral and multilateral alliances to strengthen the defensive posture of the Philippines.

2. the women's national football representative team of the Philippines

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Filipinas.

Proper noun

Filipinas

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)