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). By surface analysis, Philip +‎ -ine +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: fĭlʹĭ-pēnz, IPA(key): /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/, /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/, (obsolete) /ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/[1]
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) enPR: fĭlʹə-pēnz, IPA(key): /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈfi.lip.pins/, /ˈfi.li.pins/
    • (Philippines, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lip.pins/, /ˈpi.li.pins/
  • Hyphenation: Phi‧lip‧pines
  • Hyphenation: Phi‧li‧ppines
  • Hyphenation: Phil‧i‧ppines

Proper noun

the Philippines

  1. An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
  3. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
    • 2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.
    • 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world
countries in Asia (appendix)edit

References

  1. ^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “Philippines”, in How to pronounce it‎[1], London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141.

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

Proper noun

Philippines f pl (plural only)

  1. Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

Noun

Philippines f

  1. plural of Philippine
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