Philippines

See also: philippines

English

Etymology

See Name of the Philippines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 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

the Philippines

1. The Republic of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country composed 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

Related terms

• Filipina
• Filipinas
• Phils

• PI
• Tagalog

Translations

Republic of the Philippines

• Abkhaz: Филипинқәа (Filiṗink°ā)
• Afrikaans: Filippyne
• Albanian: Filipinet (sq) pl
• Amharic: ፊሊፒንስ (filipins)
• Arabic: اَلْفِلِبِين‏‎ m (al-filibīn)
• Armenian: Ֆիլիպիններ (Filipinner)
• Asturian: Filipines (ast) f pl
• Azeri: Filippin (az)
• Belarusian: Філіпі́ны f pl (Filipíny)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন (philipain)
• Breton: Filipinez
• Bulgarian: Филипи́ни (bg) pl (Filipíni)
• Burmese: ဖိလစ်ပိုင် (hpi.lacpuing)
• Catalan: Filipines (ca) f pl
• Chechen: Филиппин (Filippin)
• Chinese:

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

  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) 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)
• 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, Poblacht na nOileán Filipíneach f
• Italian: Filippine (it) f pl
• Japanese: フィリピン (ja) (Firipin)
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (kn) (philippīns)
• Kazakh: Филиппиндер (Fïlïppïnder)
• Khmer: ហ្វីលីព្ពីន (fiiliippiin), ហ្វីលីពីន (fiiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀 (Pillipin)
• Kyrgyz: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Lao: ຟິລິບປິນ (lo) (fi lip pin), ຟິລິບບິນ (fi lip bin), ຟີລິບປິນ (fī lip pin)
• Latin: Philippinae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Filipīnas

• Lithuanian: Filipinai (lt)
• Lü: ᦵᦝᧀᧈᦟᦲᧉᦗᦲᧃᧈ (feiy¹lii²piin¹)
• Macedonian: Филипи́ни f pl (Filipíni)
• Malay: Filipina (ms)
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ് (philippīns)
• Maltese: il-Filippini
• Manx: Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m pl
• Maori: Piripīni
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन्स (philipāīns)
• Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii
• Nepali: फिलिपिन्स (philipins)
• Norman: Îles Phelippènes f pl, Ph'lippinnes f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Filippinene (no)

  Nynorsk: Filippinane (nn)

• Ossetian: Филиппинтӕ (Filippintæ)
• Persian: فیلیپین‏‎ (fa) (filipin)
• Polish: Filipiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Filipinas (pt) f pl
• 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

• Sinhalese: පිලිපීනය (pilipīnaya)
• Slovak: Filipíny f pl
• Slovene: Filipíni (sl) m 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 (filipāʾin)
• Uyghur: فىلىپپىن‏‎ (filippin)
• Uzbek: Filippin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân
• Volapük: Filipuäns (vo) pl
• Võro: Filipiiniq
• Yiddish: די פֿיליפּינען‏‎ (di filipinen)

Philippine Islands — see Philippine Islands

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 (“Philip”) (French: Philippe), 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

1. plural of Philippine