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Philippines
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philippines
English
thumb|240px|Flag of the Philippines
Etymology
en ine h₁éḱwos
en :bor fr:Philippines
See Name of the Philippines in Wikipedia for a complete etymology.
en fr Philippines, originally from en es Filipinas, which was from es Felipe the name of a king of en Spain. en Philip -ine -s 1.
Pronunciation
fĭlʹĭ-pēnz UK, en /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/ /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/ /ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/ obsolete 141
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Philippines.wav UK
fĭlʹə-pēnz US, en /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/
en En-us-Philippines.ogg US
en /ˈfi.lip.pins/ /ˈfi.li.pins/ Philippines
en /ˈpi.lip.pins/ /ˈpi.li.pins/ Philippines,colloquial
en Phi lip pines
en Phi li ppines
en Phil i ppines
Proper noun
1
en archipelago r/Southeast Asia.
en Q928en country r/Southeast Asia Manila Republic of the Philippines.
en Joe Minihane 24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/worlds-most-unusual-landscapes-list 2025-04-22 The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing. https://web.archive.org/web/20250927133948/https://www.cnn.com/travel/worlds-most-unusual-landscapes-list 27 September 2025
en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/white-smoke-signals-election-of-new-roman-catholic-pope White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope 2025-05-08 Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood w:The Guardian 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. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Dufgu 8 May 2025
Usage notes
Not to be confused with Philippians.
country Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.
Synonyms
en Filippines
en Pilipinas
en Pinas
Derived terms
en Rice Bowl of the Philippines Christmas Capital of the Philippines Culinary Capital of the Philippines Salad Bowl of the Philippines Summer Capital of the Philippines Goodbye Philippines Autoparts Capital of the Philippines
Related terms
en Filipina Filipinas Philippine Phils PI Tagalog
Translations
Q928 Republic of the Philippines
Abkhaz: ab Филиппин
Afrikaans: af Filippyne
Aklanon: akl Pilipinas
Albanian: sq Filipinet p
Amharic: am ፊሊፒንስ
Antillean Creole: gcf Filipinn p
Arabic: ar الْفِلِبِّين f
Hijazi Arabic: acw الفلبِّين f al-filibbīn, al-filippīn
Armenian: hy Ֆիլիպիններ
Assamese: as ফিলিপাইন
Asturian: ast Filipines f-p
Azerbaijani:
Arabic: az فیلیپین filippin
Latin: az Filippin
Belarusian: be Філіпі́ны f-p
Bengali: bn ফিলিপাইন
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Filipinas
Breton: br Filipinez
Bulgarian: bg Филипи́ни p
Burmese: my ဖိလစ်ပိုင်
Catalan: ca Filipines f-p
Chechen: ce Филиппин
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏂᏈᎵᎩᏃ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 菲律賓
Hokkien: nan-hbl 菲律賓 Hui-li̍p-pin
Mandarin: cmn 菲律賓
Wu: wuu 菲律賓
Chuvash: cv Филиппинсем
Corsican: co Filippini f-p
Czech: cs Filipíny f-p
Danish: da Filippinerne p
Dhivehi: dv ފިލިޕީންސް
Dolgan: dlg Һилипин Hilipin
Dutch: nl Filipijnen p
Esperanto: eo Filipinoj p
Estonian: et Filipiinid p
Farefare: gur Filippinno p
Faroese: fo Filipsoyggjar f-p
Finnish: fi Filippiinit p
French: fr Philippines f-p
Galician: gl Filipinas f-p
Georgian: ka ფილიპინები
German: de Philippinen p
Greek: el Φιλιππίνες f-p
Gujarati: gu ફીલીપાઈન્સ
Hausa: ha Filipin
Hawaiian: haw ʻĀina Pilipino
Hebrew: he הַפִילִיפִּינִים p ha-filipínim
Hindi: hi फ़िलीपीन्स m, hi फिलीपिंस m
Hungarian: hu Fülöp-szigetek p
Icelandic: is Filippseyjar f-p
Ido: io Filipini
Indonesian: id Filipina
Interlingua: ia Philippinas
Irish: ga Oileáin Fhilipíneacha Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha m-p
Italian: it Filippine f-p
Japanese: ja フィリピン Firipin, ja 比律賓 フィリピン, Firipin obsolete
Kannada: kn ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್
Kazakh: kk Филиппиндер
Khmer: km ហ្វីលីព្ពីន, km ហ្វីលីពីន
Korean: ko ^필리핀, ko ^비율빈(比律賓)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Filîpîn
Kyrgyz: ky Филиппиндер
Lao: lo ຟີລິບປິນ
Latin: la Philippīnae f-p
Latvian: lv Filipīnas m-p
Lithuanian: lt Filipinai m-p
Lü: khb ᦵᦝᧀᧈᦟᦲᧉᦗᦲᧃᧈ
Macedonian: mk Филипи́ни f-p
Malay: ms Filipina
Malayalam: ml ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ്
Maltese: mt Filippini p il-Filippini
Manx: gv Ellanyn Philippeenagh Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m-p
Māori: mi Piripīni
Marathi: mr फिलिपाईन्स
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Филиппин
Mongolian script: mn ᠹᠢᠯᠢᠫᠫᠢᠨ
Navajo: nv Kéyah Dańlíinii
Nepali: ne फिलिपिन्स
Norman: nrf Îles Phelippènes f-p, nrf Ph'lippinnes f-p
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Filippinene p
Nynorsk: nn Filippinane p
Odia: or ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ
Ossetian: os Филиппинтӕ
Pashto: ps فېلېپاين f-p felepāyn, ps فلپاين f-p felpãyn
Persian:
Dari: prs فِیلِیپِین, prs فِلْپَایْن
Iranian Persian: fa-ira فیلیپین
Polish: pl Filipiny p
Portuguese: pt Filipinas f-p
Punjabi: pa ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼
Rarotongan: rar Piripīni
Romanian: ro Filipine f-p
Romansh: rm Filippinas f-p
Russian: ru Филиппи́ны f-p
Sanskrit: sa फिलिपीन्स
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Филипи́ни m-p
Latin: sh Filipíni m-p
Shan: shn မိူင်းၾီႇလိပ်ႈပိၼ်း
Silesian: szl Filipiny p
Sinhalese: si පිලිපීනය
Slovak: sk Filipíny f-p
Slovene: sl Filipíni m-p
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Filipiny
Upper Sorbian: hsb Filipiny p
Spanish: es Filipinas f-p
Swahili: sw Ufilipino
Swedish: sv Filippinerna p
Tagalog: tl Pilipinas
Tajik: tg Филиппин
Tamil: ta பிலிப்பீன்சு
Tatar: tt Филиппиннар
Telugu: te ఫిలిప్పీన్స్
Thai: th ฟิลิปปินส์
Tibetan: bo ཧྥི་ལི་པིན
Turkish: tr Filipinler p
Ottoman Turkish: ota فیلیپین filipin
Turkmen: tk Filippinler
Udmurt: udm Филиппинъёс
Ukrainian: uk Філіппі́ни f-p
Urdu: ur فِلْپائِن m
Uyghur: ug فىلىپپىن
Uzbek: uz Filippin
Vietnamese: vi Phi-líp-pin, vi Phi Luật Tân (vi 菲律賓)
Volapük: vo Filipuäns p
Võro: vro Filipiiniq
Yiddish: yi פֿיליפּינען די פֿיליפּינען, yi פֿיליפּינען p
Yoruba: yo Filipínì
Zhuang: za Feihlizbinh
Philippine Islands
See also
Countries of the world
References
en eponyms exonyms
French
Etymology
fr :af Philippe -ine -s :calque es:Filipinas
fr Philippe -ine -s, a fr es Filipinas 1, using the pet form of es Filipe Philip (fr Philippe), named after the King of Spain, Philip II of Spain Philip II.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Philippines.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
Proper noun
f-p
fr Philippines Q928
Derived terms
fr philippin
fr Philippin, fr Philippine, fr Philippins, fr Philippines
Descendants
ar الْفِلِبِّين 1
en Philippines 1
fa فیلیپین filipin 1
vi Phi-líp-pin 1
See also
Noun
fr noun form f
fr Philippine
fr eponyms exonyms