Filipina

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Filipina

  • /filiˈpinɐ/ Philippines
  • /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/ UK, US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).

noun Filipinas

  1. countable A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such. Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers.

    Similar: Pinay

  2. countable, historical, obsolete A female Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

    Similar: Spaniard, Spanish

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines.

Opposite: Filipino

Thesaurus

adjective

Opposite: Filipino

Translations

Every language

noun A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines

Españolfilipina
DeutschPhilippinerin
Italianofilippina
Românăfilipineză
Русскийфилиппинка filippinka

adj Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines

Españolfilipina
Italianofilippina
עבריתפיליפינית filipinit

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MLA

"Filipina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/filipina. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Filipina. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/filipina

Chicago

"Filipina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/filipina.

BibTeX
@misc{filipina_2026,
  title = {Filipina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/filipina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}