Philippines

See also: philippines

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology

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

Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain). By surface analysis, Philip +‎ -ine +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fĭlʹĭ-pēnz, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/, /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/, (obsolete) /ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (US) enPR: fĭlʹə-pēnz, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lip.pins/, /ˈfi.li.pins/
  • (Philippines, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lip.pins/, /ˈpi.li.pins/
• Hyphenation: Phi‧lip‧pines
• Hyphenation: Phi‧li‧ppines
• Hyphenation: Phil‧i‧ppines

Proper noun

the Philippines

1. An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
3. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
   • 2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.

   • 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.

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

Derived terms

• Christmas Capital of the Philippines
• Culinary Capital of the Philippines
• Rice Bowl of the Philippines
• Salad Bowl of the Philippines
• Summer Capital of the Philippines

Related terms

• Filipina
• Filipinas
• Philippine
• Phils
• PI
• Tagalog

Translations

Republic of the Philippines

• Abkhaz: Филипинқәа (Filipʼinkʷa)
• Afrikaans: Filippyne
• Aklanon: Pilipinas
• Albanian: Filipinet (sq) pl
• Amharic: ፊሊፒንስ (filipins)
• Antillean Creole: Filipinn pl
• Arabic: الْفِلِبِّين (ar) f (al-filibbīn)

  Hijazi Arabic: الفلبِّين f (al-filibbīn, al-filippīn)

• Armenian: Ֆիլիպիններ (Filipinner)
• Assamese: ফিলিপাইন (philipain)
• Asturian: Filipines (ast) f pl
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: فیلیپین (filippin)

  Roman: Filippin (az)

• Belarusian: Філіпі́ны f pl (Filipíny)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন (bn) (philipain)
• Bikol Central: Filipinas (bcl)
• 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)

  Hokkien: 菲律賓 / 菲律宾 (Hui-li̍p-pin)

  Mandarin: 菲律賓 / 菲律宾 (zh) (Fēilǜbīn)

  Wu: 菲律賓 / 菲律宾 (¹fi-liq-pin)

• Chuvash: Филиппинсем (Filippins̬em)
• Corsican: Filippini f pl
• Czech: Filipíny (cs) f pl
• Danish: Filippinerne (da) pl
• Dhivehi: ފިލިޕީންސް (dv) (filipīn̊s)
• Dolgan: Һилипин (Hilipin)
• Dutch: Filipijnen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Filipinoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Filipiinid (et) pl
• Farefare: Filippinno 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-filipínim)
• Hindi: फ़िलीपीन्स (hi) m (filīpīns), फिलीपिंस m (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: フィリピン (ja) (Firipin), 比律賓 (ja) (フィリピン, Firipin) (obsolete)
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (kn) (philippīns)
• Kazakh: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Khmer: ហ្វីលីព្ពីន (fiiliippiin), ហ្វីលីពីន (fiiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀 (ko) (Pillipin), 비율빈(比律賓) (ko) (Biyulbin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Filîpîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Lao: ຟີລິບປິນ (fī lip pin)
• Latin: Philippīnae (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 (philippīṉsŭ)
• Maltese: il-Filippini pl
• Manx: Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m pl
• Maori: Piripīni
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन्स (philipāīnsa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Филиппин (Filippin)

  Mongolian: ᠹᠢᠯᠢᠫᠫᠢᠨ (filippin)

• Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii
• Nepali: फिलिपिन्स (philipinsa)
• Norman: Îles Phelippènes f pl, Ph'lippinnes f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Filippinene (no) pl

  Nynorsk: Filippinane (nn) pl

• Odia: ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ (philipāinsa)
• Ossetian: Филиппинтӕ (Filippintæ)
• Ottoman Turkish: فیلیپین (filipin)
• Pashto: فېلېپاين f pl (felepāyn), فلپاين f pl (felpãyn)
• Persian:

  Dari: فِیلِیپِین (fīlīpīn), فِلْپَایْن (filpāyn)

  Iranian Persian: فیلیپین (fa) (filipin)

• Polish: Filipiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Filipinas (pt) f pl
• Punjabi: ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ (philīpīnaz)
• Rarotongan: Piripīni
• 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) pl
• 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 (Fiľippinjos)
• Ukrainian: Філіппі́ни (uk) f pl (Filippíny)
• Urdu: فِلْپائِن m (filpāin)
• 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: Filipínì
• Zhuang: Feihlizbinh

Philippine Islands — see Philippine Islands

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Egypt
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

French

Etymology

Philippe +‎ -ine +‎ -s, a calque of Spanish Filipinas, using the pet form of Filipe (“Philip”) (French: Philippe), named after the King of Spain, Philip II.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.pin/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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Proper noun

Philippines f pl (plural only)

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• philippin
• Philippin, Philippine, Philippins, Philippines

Descendants

• → Arabic: الْفِلِبِّين (al-filibbīn)
• → English: Philippines
• → Persian: فیلیپین (filipin)
• → Vietnamese: Phi-líp-pin

See also

countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arabie saoudite
• Arménie
• Azerbaïdjan
• Bahreïn
• Bangladesh
• Bhoutan
• Birmanie
• Brunei
• Cambodge
• Chine
• Chypre
• Corée du Nord
• Corée du Sud
• Émirats arabes unis
• Géorgie
• Inde
• Indonésie
• Irak
• Iran
• Israël
• Japon
• Jordanie
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizistan
• Koweït
• Laos
• Liban
• Malaisie
• Maldives
• Mongolie
• Népal
• Oman
• Ouzbékistan
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russie
• Singapour
• Sri Lanka
• Syrie
• Tadjikistan
• Thaïlande
• Timor oriental
• Turkménistan
• Turquie
• Vietnam
• Yémen

Noun

Philippines f

1. plural of Philippine