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Definition of Philippines
1. Noun. A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946.
Geographical relationships: Manila Bay, Adobo, Abu Sayyaf, Bearer Of The Sword, Abb, Alex Boncayao Brigade, Revolutionary Proletarian Army, Rpa-abb, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New People's Army, Npa, Pentagon Gang, Amorphophallus Campanulatus, Amorphophallus Paeonifolius, Elephant Yam, Pungapung, Telingo Potato
Group relationships: Asean, Association Of Southeast Asian Nations
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Group relationships: Southeast Asia, Philippine Islands
Terms within: Capital Of The Philippines, Manila, Caloocan, Cebu, Cebu City, Quezon City
Member holonyms: Filipino, Bisayan, Visayan
2. Noun. An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands.
Geographical relationships: Bataan, Corregidor, Leyte, Leyte Invasion, Leyte Island
Terms within: Cebu, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Republic Of The Philippines, Bisayas, Visayan Islands
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Group relationships: Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Member holonyms: Tagalog
Definition of Philippines
1. Proper noun. The Republic of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country comprised of over seven thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippines
Literary usage of Philippines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Allan 118: 635-43 О '16 Philippine Islands philippines no bait to Japan. Lit Digest
62: 1212 Ap 29 '16 Progress In the philippines. RE Speer. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"DAVID P. BARROWS There is a problem of conservation in the philippines and upon
its wise and just solution depends the future well being of the inhabitants. ..."
3. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"A CONSERVATION POLICY FOR THE philippines ADDRESS OP DR. DAVID P. BARROWS There
is a problem of conservation in the philippines and upon its wise and just ..."
4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1900)
"Our new possessions—The philippines. Morgan (JT) What shall we do with ...
Possibilities of the philippines, as a cotton- raising and manufacturing country. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The philippines, for more than a century, have supplied European ... There is no
species, he remarks, which is common to the philippines and the ..."
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