Philippines

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Philippines

/ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/ UK
/ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/ UK
/ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/ obsolete, UK
/ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/ US
/ˈfi.lip.pins/ Philippines
/ˈfi.li.pins/ Philippines
/ˈpi.lip.pins/ Philippines, colloquial
/ˈpi.li.pins/ Philippines, colloquial

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun the Philippines

An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila. The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.
Similar: Filippines, Pilipinas, Pinas

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: philippine islands, polynesia, nicaragua, peru, panama, manila, tagalog, morocco, filipina, filipino, poland, mongolia, phyllis, country, afp, pnp

Translations

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name Republic of the Philippines

Español	Filipinas
한국어	필리핀 Pillipin, 비율빈 Biyulbin
日本語	フィリピン Firipin, 比律賓 Firipin
中文	菲律賓 /菲律宾 Fēilǜbīn
हिन्दी	फ़िलीपीन्स filīpīns, फिलीपिंस philīpins
Kiswahili	Ufilipino
Português	Filipinas
Français	Philippines
Deutsch	Philippinen
Italiano	Filippine
Ελληνικά	Φιλιππίνες Filippínes
Română	Filipine
Русский	Филиппи́ны Filippíny
Tiếng Việt	Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân
العربية	الْفِلِبِّين al-filibbīn
עברית	הַפִילִיפִּינִים ha-filipínim

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@misc{philippines_2026,
  title = {Philippines},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/philippines},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}