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Philippines

proper noun

  1. island country in the western Pacific
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/ / /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/ / /ˈfɪl.ɪ.paɪnz/

name

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.

  1. An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
  2. 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.”

    “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.”