Philippines

See also: philippines

English

Etymology

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

From Spanish Filipinas, from Felipe, the name of a King of Spain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪpinz/, /ˈfɪləpinz/

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Proper noun

Wikipedia

the Philippines

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

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with Philippians.
• (country): Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.

Synonyms

• Pilipinas
• Pinas

Related terms

• Tagalog
• Filipina
• Filipinas
• Phils
• PI

Translations

Republic of the Philippines

• Abkhaz: Филипинқәа (Filiṗinkwā)
• Afrikaans: Filippyne
• Albanian: Filipinet
• Amharic: ፊሊፒንስ (filipinəs)
• Arabic: الفلبين m (al-filibīn)
• Armenian: Ֆիլիպիններ (Filipinner)
• Asturian: Filipines (ast) f pl
• Azeri: Filippin (az)
• Belarusian: Філіпіны f pl (Filipíny)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন (philipa'in)
• Breton: Filipinez
• Bulgarian: Филипини (bg) pl (Filipíni)
• Burmese: ဖိလစ်ပိုင်နိုင်ငံ
• Catalan: Filipines (ca) f pl
• Chechen: Филиппин (textilippin)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Filipíny (cs) f pl
• Danish: Filippinerne (da)
• Dutch: Filipijnen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Tagalogj pl
• Estonian: Filipiinid (et)
• Finnish: Filippiinit (fi) pl
• French: Philippines (fr) f pl
• Galician: Filipinas (gl) f pl
• Georgian: ფილიპინები (p’ilipinebi)
• German: Philippinen (de) pl
• Greek: Φιλιππίνες (el) (Filippínes)
• Gujarati: ફીલીપાઈન્સ (phīlīpā'īns)
• Hawaiian: ʻĀina Pilipino
• Hebrew: הפיליפינים pl (ha-filipinim)
• Hindi: फ़िलीपीन्स (hi) (filīpīns), फिलीपिंस (philīpins)
• Hungarian: Fülöp-szigetek (hu) pl
• Icelandic: Filippseyjar (is) f pl
• Indonesian: Filipina
• Interlingua: Philippinas
• Irish: Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha m pl, Poblacht na nOileán Filipíneach f
• Italian: Filippine f pl
• Japanese: フィリピン (ja) (Firipin)
• Jèrriais: Ph'lippinnes f pl
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (kn) (philippīns)
• Kazakh: Филиппиндер (Fïlïppïnder)
• Khmer: ហ្វីលីព្ពីន (fiiliippiin), ហ្វីលីពីន (fiiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀 (ko) (Pillipin)
• Kyrgyz: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)

• Lao: ຟິລິບປິນ (lo) (filippin), ປະເທດຟິລິບປິນ (patheet filippin)
• Latin: Philippinae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Filipīnas
• Lithuanian: Filipinai (lt)
• Macedonian: Филипини f pl (Filipíni)
• Malay: Filipina
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ് (philippīns)
• Maltese: il-Filippini
• Manx: Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m pl
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन्स (philipā'īns)
• Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii
• Nepali: फिलिपिन्स (philipins)
• Norman: Îles Phelippènes f pl
• Norwegian: Filippinene (no)
• Ossetian: Филиппинтӕ (Filippintæ)
• Persian: فیلیپین (fa) (Filipin)
• Polish: Filipiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Filipinas (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Filipine f pl
• Romansch: Filippinas f pl
• Russian: Филиппины (ru) f pl (Filippíny)
• Sanskrit: फिलिपीन्स (philipīnsa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филипи́ни m pl

  Roman: Filipíni m pl

• Sinhalese: පිලිපීනය (pilipīnaya)
• Slovak: Filipíny f pl
• Slovene: Filipíni m pl
• Spanish: Filipinas (es) f pl
• Swedish: Filippinerna (sv)
• Tagalog: Pilipinas (tl)
• Tajik: Филиппин (Filippin)
• Tamil: பிலிப்பீன்சு (pilippīṉcu)
• Tatar: Филиппиннар (Filippinnar)
• Telugu: ఫిలిప్పీన్స్ (te) (philippīns)
• Thai: ฟิลิปปินส์ (th) (fílípbpin), ประเทศฟิลิปปินส์ (bpràtâyt fílípbpin)
• Tibetan: ཧྥི་ལི་པིན། (phi li pin)
• Turkish: Filipinler (tr) pl
• Turkmen: Filippinler
• Udmurt: Филиппинъёс (Filippinʺjos)
• Ukrainian: Філіппіни (uk) f pl (Filippíny)
• Urdu: فلپائن (filipāʾin)
• Uyghur: فىلىپپىن (filippin)
• Uzbek: Filippin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Philippines
• Võro: Filipiiniq

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Philippines
• Countries of the world
• Tagalog Language Index

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French

Etymology

Philippe +‎ -in +‎ -e +‎ -s From Spanish Filipinas, from the pet form of Filipe (French: Philippe, “Philip”), named after the King of Spain, Philip II

Proper noun

Philippines f pl

1. The Philippines.

Derived terms

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

Noun

Philippines f pl

1. plural form of Philippine feminine form of Philippins