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Philippines

Phil·ip·pines

(fĭl′ə-pēnz′, fĭl′ə-pēnz′)

A country of eastern Asia consisting of the Philippine Islands, an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean southeast of China. Inhabited by Malays and various indigenous groups, the islands were the first land in Asia sighted by Magellan's expedition in 1521 and were colonized by the Spanish after 1565. They came under US control in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. A commonwealth was created in 1935 and full independence achieved in 1946. The islands were occupied by Japan during much of World War II. Political turmoil led to the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos after 1965 and his exile in 1986 following the election of Corazón Aquino. Manila is the capital and Quezon City is the largest city.

Phil′ip·pine′ adj.

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Philippines

(ˈfɪlɪˌpiːnz; ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnz)

(Placename) Republic of the Philippines (functioning as singular) a republic in SE Asia, occupying an archipelago of about 7100 islands (including Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, and Negros): became a Spanish colony in 1571 but ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War; gained independence in 1946. The islands are generally mountainous and volcanic. Official languages: Filipino, based on Tagalog, and English. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Manila. Pop: 105 720 644 (2013 est). Area: 300 076 sq km (115 860 sq miles).

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Phil•ip•pines

(ˈfɪl əˌpinz, ˌfɪl əˈpinz)

n.pl.

an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898–1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 79,345,812; 115,831 sq. mi. (300,000 sq. km). Cap.: Manila. Also called Phil′ippine Is′lands. Official name, Republic of the Philippines.

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Noun	1.	Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 Republic of the Philippines Manila Bay - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet adobo - a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword - a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives" ABB, Alex Boncayao Brigade, Revolutionary Proletarian Army, RPA-ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Moro Islamic Liberation Front - a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases New People's Army, NPA - a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines Pentagon Gang - a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism Southeast Asia - a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore Philippine Islands, Philippines - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands capital of the Philippines, Manila - the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon Caloocan - a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon Cebu, Cebu City - an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines Quezon City - city on Luzon adjoining Manila Filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines Bisayan, Visayan - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato - putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
	2.	Philippines - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands Philippine Islands Bataan, Corregidor - the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 Leyte, Leyte invasion, Leyte Island - a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese Cebu - one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor Luzon - the main island of the Philippines Mindanao - the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic Mindoro - a mountainous island in the central Philippines Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 Bisayas, Visayan Islands - group of islands in the central Philippines Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world Tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila

Translations

Filipíny

Filippinerne

Philippinen

Filipinas

Filipiinid

Filippiinit

Philippines

Filipini

Fülöp-szigetek

Filipina

Filippine

フィリピン

Philippinae

Filipinai

Filipijnen

Filippinene

Filipiny

Filipinas

Филиппины

Filipíny

Filipini

Filippinerna

Filipinler

Philippines

[ˈfɪlɪpiːnz] NPL the Philippines → (las) Filipinas fpl
the Philippine Islands → las Islas Filipinas

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Philippines

[ˈfɪlɪpiːnz] npl
the Philippines → les Philippines fpl

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Philippines

pl → Philippinen pl

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Philippines

[ˈfɪlɪˌpiːnz] npl the Philippines → le Filippine

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That they were taken by the military power, which rose so suddenly in China after the fall of the republic, and which wrested Manchuria and Korea from Russia and Japan, and also absorbed the Philippines, is quite within the range of possibility.

It was the commander of a Chinese man-of-war who received a copy of the edict of 1972 from the hand of my illustrious ancestor, Admiral Turck, on one hundred seventy-five, two hundred and six years ago, and from the yellowed pages of the admiral's diary I learned that the fate of the Philippines was even then presaged by these Chinese naval officers.

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"You would go into the militia yourself," was Ernest's retort, "and be sent to Maine, or Florida, or the Philippines, or anywhere else, to drown in blood your own comrades civil-warring for their liberties.

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Cuba and the Philippines were the start of other things.

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It had been easier before the grandson died and before he went away to fight savages in the Philippines. He had died out there in battle.

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Not only was his eye quick, but it was a "leper eye." A volunteer surgeon in the first days out in the Philippines, he had made a particular study of leprosy, and had observed so many lepers that infallibly, except in the incipient beginnings of the disease, he could pick out a leper at a glance.

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Thus, in addition to the cousins Dorothy and Florence, Martin encountered two university professors, one of Latin, the other of English; a young army officer just back from the Philippines, one-time school- mate of Ruth's; a young fellow named Melville, private secretary to Joseph Perkins, head of the San Francisco Trust Company; and finally of the men, a live bank cashier, Charles Hapgood, a youngish man of thirty-five, graduate of Stanford University, member of the Nile Club and the Unity Club, and a conservative speaker for the Republican Party during campaigns - in short, a rising young man in every way.

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Its large toes protruded laterally as do those of the semiarboreal peoples of Borneo, the Philippines and other remote regions where low types still persist.

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It was six months after Gluck's confession that she returned the Philippines and Hawaii to the United States.

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Cuming in the Low Archipelago, and some of them also at the Philippines. This fact of shells from islands in the central parts of the Pacific occurring here, deserves notice, for not one single sea-shell is known to be common to the islands of that ocean and to the west coast of America.

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We picked up some more English sailors here after this, and some Dutch, and now we resolved on a second voyage to the south-east for cloves, &c.--that is to say, among the Philippine and Malacca isles.

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With a fair, fresh wind, the Pequod was now drawing nigh to these straits; Ahab purposing to pass through them into the Javan sea, and thence, cruising northwards, over waters known to be frequented here and there by the Sperm whale, sweep inshore by the Philippine Islands, and gain the far coast of Japan, in time for the great whaling season there.