Philippines
Syllables: Phi·lip·pines/ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz//ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/
Philippines proper noun: an archipelago of Southeast Asia.
Proper noun
the Philippines
- An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
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- Synonyms:
- Filippines, Pilipinas, Pinas
Philippines meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Philippines in Hindi
- Republic of the Philippines
- फ़िलीपीन्स filīpīns, फिलीपिंस philīpins
Philippines in Tamil
- Republic of the Philippines
- பிலிப்பீன்சு pilippīṉcu
Philippines in Marathi
- Republic of the Philippines
- फिलिपाईन्स philipāīnsa
Philippines in Urdu
- Republic of the Philippines
- فِلْپائِن filpāin
More languagesFewer languages
- Philippines in Bengali
- ফিলিপাইন philipain
- Philippines in Telugu
- ఫిలిప్పీన్స్ philippīns
- Philippines in Malayalam
- ഫിലിപ്പീൻസ് philippīṉsŭ
- Philippines in Kannada
- ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ philippīns
- Philippines in Punjabi
- ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ philīpīnaz
- Philippines in Gujarati
- ફીલીપાઈન્સ phīlīpāīns
- Philippines in Odia
- ଫିଲିପାଇନ୍ସ philipāinsa
- Philippines in Sanskrit
- फिलिपीन्स philipīnsa
- Philippines in Sinhala
- පිලිපීනය pilipīnaya
- Philippines in Assamese
- ফিলিপাইন philipain
- Philippines in Nepali
- फिलिपिन्स philipinsa
- Philippines in Pashto
- فېلېپاين felepāyn, فلپاين felpãyn
- Philippines in Tagalog
- Pilipinas
- Philippines in Arabic
- الْفِلِبِّين al-filibbīn
- Philippines in Malay
- Filipina
- Philippines in Indonesian
- Filipina
- Philippines in Thai
- ฟิลิปปินส์ fí-líp-bpin
- Philippines in Vietnamese
- Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân
- Philippines in Myanmar
- ဖိလစ်ပိုင် hpi.lacpuing
- Dhivehi
- ފިލިޕީންސް filipīn̊s
Synonyms of Philippines
- Filippines
- Pilipinas
- Pinas
Origin of Philippines
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.
Words formed from Philippines
Phrases with Philippines
Questions about Philippines
- What does Philippines mean?
- Philippines means an archipelago of Southeast Asia.
- What is Philippines in Hindi?
- Philippines in Hindi is फ़िलीपीन्स (filīpīns), फिलीपिंस (philīpins). See Philippines meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Philippines?
- Philippines is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Philippines?
- Philippines is pronounced /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/ (UK).
Words near Philippines in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Philippines (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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