Philippines

See also: philippines

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology

See Name of the Philippines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for a complete etymology.

Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪpinz/, /ˈfɪləpinz/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

the Philippines

2. The Republic of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country composed of over seven thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean, composed of the Philippine archipelago.
3. The Philippine Islands, an archipelago in Southeast Asia, that forms the basis of the Philippine republic.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Philippians.
• (country): Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.

Synonyms

• Filippines
• Pilipinas
• Pinas

Related terms

Related terms →

• Filipina
• Filipinas
• Philippine

• Phils
• PI
• Tagalog

Translations

Republic of the Philippines

• Abkhaz: Филипинқәа (Filiṗink°a)
• Afrikaans: Filippyne
• Aklanon: Pilipinas
• Albanian: Filipinet (sq) pl
• Amharic: ፊሊፒንስ (filipinsə)
• Arabic: الْفِلِبِّين‎ f (al-filibbīn)
• Armenian: Ֆիլիպիններ (Filipinner)
• Assamese: ফিলিপাইন (philipain)
• Asturian: Filipines (ast) f pl
• Azerbaijani: Filippin (az)
• Belarusian: Філіпі́ны f pl (Filipíny)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন (bn) (philipain)
• Breton: Filipinez
• Bulgarian: Филипи́ни (bg) pl (Filipíni)
• Burmese: ဖိလစ်ပိုင် (hpi.lacpuing)
• Catalan: Filipines (ca) f pl
• Chechen: Филиппин (Filippin)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏈᎵᎩᏃ (aniquiligino)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 菲律賓, 菲律宾 (fei¹ leot⁶ ban¹)

  Mandarin: 菲律賓 (zh), 菲律宾 (zh) (Fēilùbīn)

  Min Nan: 菲律賓, 菲律宾 (Hui-li̍p-pin)

  Wu: 菲律賓, 菲律宾 (fi liq pin)

• Czech: Filipíny (cs) f pl
• Danish: Filippinerne (da)
• Dhivehi: ފިލިޕީންސް‎ (dv) (filipīn̊s)
• Dutch: Filipijnen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Filipinoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Filipiinid (et) pl
• Faroese: Filipsoyggjar f pl
• Finnish: Filippiinit (fi) pl
• French: Philippines (fr) f pl
• Galician: Filipinas (gl) f pl
• Georgian: ფილიპინები (piliṗinebi)
• German: Philippinen (de) pl
• Greek: Φιλιππίνες (el) f pl (Filippínes)
• Gujarati: ફીલીપાઈન્સ (phīlīpāīns)
• Hausa: Filipin
• Hawaiian: ʻĀina Pilipino
• Hebrew: הַפִילִיפִּינִים‎ pl (ha-filipinim)
• Hindi: फ़िलीपीन्स (hi) (filīpīns), फिलीपिंस (philīpins)
• Hungarian: Fülöp-szigetek (hu) pl
• Icelandic: Filippseyjar (is) f pl
• Ido: Filipini (io)
• Indonesian: Filipina (id)
• Interlingua: Philippinas
• Irish: Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha m pl
• Italian: Filippine (it) f pl
• Japanese: 比律賓 (ja) (フィリピン, Firipin)
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (kn) (philippīns)
• Kazakh: Филиппиндер (Fïlïppïnder)
• Khmer: ហ្វីលីព្ពីន (fiiliippiin), ហ្វីលីពីន (fiiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀 (ko) (Pillipin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Filîpîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Lao: ຟີລິບປິນ (fī lip pin)
• Latin: Philippinae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Filipīnas m pl
• Lithuanian: Filipinai (lt) m pl
• Lü: ᦵᦝᧀᧈᦟᦲᧉᦗᦲᧃᧈ (foey¹lii²piin¹)

• Macedonian: Филипи́ни f pl (Filipíni)
• Malay: Filipina (ms)
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ് (philippīnsŭ)
• Maltese: il-Filippini
• Manx: Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m pl
• Maori: Piripīni
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन्स (philipāīnsa)
• Mongolian: Филиппин (Filippin)
• Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii
• Nepali: फिलिपिन्स (philipinsa)
• Norman: Îles Phelippènes f pl, Ph'lippinnes f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Filippinene (no)

  Nynorsk: Filippinane (nn)

• Oriya: ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ (philipainsô)
• Ossetian: Филиппинтӕ (Filippintæ)
• Pashto: فېلېپاين‎ f pl (feleрāyn), فلپاين‎ f pl (felpãyn)
• Persian: فیلیپین‎ (fa) (filipin)
• Polish: Filipiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Filipinas (pt) f pl
• Punjabi: ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ (philīpīnaz)
• Romanian: Filipine (ro) f pl
• Romansch: Filippinas f pl
• Russian: Филиппи́ны (ru) f pl (Filippíny)
• Sanskrit: फिलिपीन्स (philipīnsa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филипи́ни m pl

  Roman: Filipíni (sh) m pl

• Shan: မိူင်းၾီႇလိပ်ႈပိၼ်း (móeng fìi līp pín)
• Silesian: Filipiny pl
• Sinhalese: පිලිපීනය (pilipīnaya)
• Slovak: Filipíny f pl
• Slovene: Filipíni (sl) m pl
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Filipiny

  Upper Sorbian: Filipiny pl

• Spanish: Filipinas (es) f pl
• Swahili: Ufilipino
• Swedish: Filippinerna (sv)
• Tagalog: Pilipinas (tl)
• Tajik: Филиппин (tg) (Filippin)
• Tamil: பிலிப்பீன்சு (pilippīṉcu)
• Tatar: Филиппиннар (Filippinnar)
• Telugu: ఫిలిప్పీన్స్ (te) (philippīns)
• Thai: ฟิลิปปินส์ (th) (fí-líp-bpin)
• Tibetan: ཧྥི་ལི་པིན (hphi li pin)
• Turkish: Filipinler (tr) pl
• Turkmen: Filippinler
• Udmurt: Филиппинъёс (Filippinʺjos)
• Ukrainian: Філіппі́ни (uk) f pl (Filippíny)
• Urdu: فلپائن‎ (filipāin)
• Uyghur: فىلىپپىن‎ (filippin)
• Uzbek: Filippin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân (菲律賓)
• Volapük: Filipuäns (vo) pl
• Võro: Filipiiniq
• Yiddish: די פֿיליפּינען‎ (di filipinen), פֿיליפּינען‎ pl (filipinen)
• Yoruba: Filipini
• Zhuang: Feihlizbinh

Philippine Islands — see Philippine Islands

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Appendix:Place names in Philippines
• Tagalog Language Index

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French

Etymology

From Spanish Filipinas, from the pet form of Filipe (“Philip”) (French: Philippe), named after the King of Spain, Philip II.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.pin/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Philippines f pl (plural only)

1. Philippines (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• philippin, philippine, philippins, philippines
• Philippin, Philippine, Philippins, Philippines

Noun

Philippines f

1. plural of Philippine