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adj
Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Philippine
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Tagalog, Pilipino
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Pinoy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Specifically the male equivalent of Filipina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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Synonyms: Spaniard, Spanish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Philippine
Antonyms: none provided
noun
official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Philippine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Western Malayo-Polynesian
Narrower terms: Tagalog, Cebuan, Cebuano
noun
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
Narrower terms: Moro, Tagalog, Visayan, Bisayan
History
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.
Across languages
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