philippine

Speech parts

1. philippine - Noun

2. philippine - Adjective

Meaning

official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages

of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Filipino indian australian british canadian jamaican american anglo-saxon Nigerian state country delegation Philippines Tagalog Filipina
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Hypernyms

western malayo-polynesian

Hyponyms

Tagalog Cebuano Cebuan

Phrases with the word

Philippine Time Philippine Standard Time Philippine violet Philippine coucal Philippine lemon philippine spinach

Examples

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil. Douglas MacArthur

This (Taiwanese fisherman shot by Philippines coast guard incident) is not a problem between the people of Taiwan and the people of the Philippines. This is a problem between the people of Taiwan and the Philippine administration. Ma Ying-jeou

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. R. Lee Ermey

• Amended provision under the Unprogrammed Fund earmarking P472.485 million to cover the terminal leave benefits of the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) employees when they were still under the defunct Bureau of Post. Francis Escudero

• Additional P816.229 million for the Philippine Crop Insurance Service which will now total P2 billion. Francis Escudero

The book of Philippine history is far from finished. However, does every sentence in our country's story need to be finished with a period? Francis Escudero

Close letter words and terms

philippic philippicize philippick philippine archipelago Philippine cedar Philippine cobra