Philippines

See also: philippines

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology

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). Equivalent to Philip +‎ -ine +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lip.pins/, /ˈfi.li.pins/
  • (Philippines, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lip.pins/, /ˈpi.li.pins/
• (US, UK) enPR: fĭlʹĭ-pēnz, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl.ɪ.pinz/, /ˈfɪl.ə.pinz/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Phil‧i‧ppines

Proper noun

the Philippines

1. An archipelago in Southeast Asia.
3. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
4. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (historical) A dependency of the United States (1898–1946).

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Philippians.
• (country): Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.

Synonyms

• Filippines
• Pilipinas
• Pinas

Derived terms

• Christmas Capital of the Philippines
• Culinary Capital of the Philippines
• Salad Bowl of the Philippines
• Summer Capital of the Philippines

 

Related terms

Related terms

• Filipina
• Filipinas
• Philippine
• Phils
• PI
• Tagalog

Translations

Republic of the Philippines

• Abkhaz: Филипинқәа (Filipʼinkʷa)
• Afrikaans: Filippyne
• Aklanon: Pilipinas
• Albanian: Filipinet (sq) pl
• Amharic: ፊሊፒንስ (filipins)
• Arabic: الْفِلِبِّين (ar) f (al-filibbīn)

  Hijazi Arabic: الفلبِّين f (al-filibbīn, al-filippīn)

• Armenian: Ֆիլիպիններ (Filipinner)
• Assamese: ফিলিপাইন (philipain)
• Asturian: Filipines (ast) f pl
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: فیلیپین (filippin)

  Roman: Filippin (az)

• Belarusian: Філіпі́ны f pl (Filipíny)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন (bn) (philipain)
• Bikol Central: Filipinas (bcl)
• Breton: Filipinez
• Bulgarian: Филипи́ни (bg) pl (Filipíni)
• Burmese: ဖိလစ်ပိုင် (hpi.lacpuing)
• Catalan: Filipines (ca) f pl
• Chechen: Филиппин (Filippin)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏈᎵᎩᏃ (aniquiligino)
• Chinese:

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

  Hokkien: 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Hui-li̍p-pin)

  Mandarin: 菲律賓／菲律宾 (zh) (Fēilǜbīn)

  Wu: 菲律賓／菲律宾 (¹fi-liq-pin)

• Chuvash: Филиппинсем (Filippins̬em)
• Czech: Filipíny (cs) f pl
• Danish: Filippinerne (da) pl
• Dhivehi: ފިލިޕީންސް (dv) (filipīn̊s)
• Dolgan: Һилипин (Hilipin)
• Dutch: Filipijnen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Filipinoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Filipiinid (et) pl
• Farefare: Filippinno 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)
• Hausa: Filipin
• Hawaiian: ʻĀina Pilipino
• Hebrew: הַפִילִיפִּינִים pl (ha-filipínim)
• Hindi: फ़िलीपीन्स (hi) m (filīpīns), फिलीपिंस m (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
• Italian: Filippine (it) f pl
• Japanese: フィリピン (ja) (Firipin), 比律賓 (ja) (フィリピン, Firipin) (obsolete)
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (kn) (philippīns)
• Kazakh: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Khmer: ហ្វីលីព្ពីន (fiiliippiin), ហ្វីលីពីន (fiiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀 (ko) (Pillipin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Filîpîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Филиппиндер (Filippinder)
• Lao: ຟີລິບປິນ (fī lip pin)
• Latin: Philippīnae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Filipīnas m pl
• Lithuanian: Filipinai (lt) m pl
• Lü: ᦵᦝᧀᧈᦟᦲᧉᦗᦲᧃᧈ (foey¹lii²piin¹)
• Macedonian: Филипи́ни f pl (Filipíni)
• Malay: Filipina (ms)
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ് (philippīṉsŭ)
• Maltese: il-Filippini pl
• Manx: Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh m pl
• Maori: Piripīni
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन्स (philipāīnsa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Филиппин (Filippin)

  Mongolian: ᠹᠢᠯᠢᠫᠫᠢᠨ (filippin)

• Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii
• Nepali: फिलिपिन्स (philipinsa)
• Norman: Îles Phelippènes f pl, Ph'lippinnes f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Filippinene (no) pl

  Nynorsk: Filippinane (nn) pl

• Odia: ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ (philipāinsa)
• Ossetian: Филиппинтӕ (Filippintæ)
• Ottoman Turkish: فیلیپین (filipin)
• Pashto: فېلېپاين f pl (felepāyn), فلپاين f pl (felpãyn)
• Persian:

  Dari: فِیلِیپِین (fa) (fīlīpīn), فِلْپَایْن (filpāyn)

  Iranian Persian: فیلیپین (fa) (filipin)

• Polish: Filipiny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Filipinas (pt) f pl
• Punjabi: ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ (philīpīnaz)
• Rarotongan: Piripīni
• 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

• Shan: မိူင်းၾီႇလိပ်ႈပိၼ်း (móeng fìi līp pín)
• Silesian: Filipiny pl
• Sinhalese: පිලිපීනය (pilipīnaya)
• Slovak: Filipíny f pl
• Slovene: Filipíni (sl) m pl
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Filipiny

  Upper Sorbian: Filipiny pl

• Spanish: Filipinas (es) f pl
• Swahili: Ufilipino
• Swedish: Filippinerna (sv) pl
• 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 (Fiľippinjos)
• Ukrainian: Філіппі́ни (uk) f pl (Filippíny)
• Urdu: فِلْپائِن m (filpāin)
• Uyghur: فىلىپپىن (filippin)
• Uzbek: Filippin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân (菲律賓)
• Volapük: Filipuäns (vo) pl
• Võro: Filipiiniq
• Yiddish: די פֿיליפּינען (di filipinen), פֿיליפּינען pl (filipinen)
• Yoruba: Filipini
• Zhuang: Feihlizbinh

Philippine Islands — see Philippine Islands

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

French

Etymology

Philippe +‎ -ine +‎ -s, a calque of Spanish Filipinas, using the pet form of Filipe (“Philip”) (French: Philippe), named after the King of Spain, Philip II.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.pin/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Philippines f pl (plural only)

1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• philippin
• Philippin, Philippine, Philippins, Philippines

Descendants

• → Persian: فیلیپین (filipin)

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

Noun

Philippines f

1. plural of Philippine