Meanings
- An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
- 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.
2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN1 more example
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.
2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The GuardianSynonyms: Filippines, Pilipinas, Pinas
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.
Origin
- SpanishFilipinas
- FrenchPhilippines
- EnglishPhilippines
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.
More words from French, Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Filippyne
- FilippyneRepublic of the Philippines
Arabic الْفِلِبِّين
- الْفِلِبِّين (al-filibbīn)Republic of the Philippines
Bengali ফিলিপাইন
- ফিলিপাইন (philipain)Republic of the Philippines
Bulgarian Филипи́ни
- Филипи́ни (Filipíni)Republic of the Philippines
Catalan Filipines
- FilipinesRepublic of the Philippines
Chinese Cantonese 菲律賓 /菲律宾
- 菲律賓 /菲律宾 (fei¹ leot⁶ ban¹)Republic of the Philippines
Chinese Mandarin 菲律賓 /菲律宾
- 菲律賓 /菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn)Republic of the Philippines
Czech Filipíny
- FilipínyRepublic of the Philippines
Danish Filippinerne
- FilippinerneRepublic of the Philippines
Dutch Filipijnen
- FilipijnenRepublic of the Philippines
Esperanto Filipinoj
- FilipinojRepublic of the Philippines
Estonian Filipiinid
- FilipiinidRepublic of the Philippines
Finnish Filippiinit
- FilippiinitRepublic of the Philippines
French Philippines
- PhilippinesRepublic of the Philippines
German Philippinen
- PhilippinenRepublic of the Philippines
Greek Φιλιππίνες
- Φιλιππίνες (Filippínes)Republic of the Philippines
Hawaiian ʻĀina Pilipino
- ʻĀina PilipinoRepublic of the Philippines
Hebrew הַפִילִיפִּינִים
- הַפִילִיפִּינִים (ha-filipínim)Republic of the Philippines
Hindi फ़िलीपीन्स, फिलीपिंस
- फ़िलीपीन्स (filīpīns)Republic of the Philippines
- फिलीपिंस (philīpins)Republic of the Philippines
Hungarian Fülöp-szigetek
- Fülöp-szigetekRepublic of the Philippines
Icelandic Filippseyjar
- FilippseyjarRepublic of the Philippines
Indonesian Filipina
- FilipinaRepublic of the Philippines
Irish Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha
- Na hOileáin FhilipíneachaRepublic of the Philippines
Italian Filippine
- FilippineRepublic of the Philippines
Japanese フィリピン, 比律賓
- フィリピン (Firipin)Republic of the Philippines
- 比律賓 (Firipin)Republic of the Philippines
Korean 필리핀, 비율빈
- 필리핀 (Pillipin)Republic of the Philippines
- 비율빈 (Biyulbin)Republic of the Philippines
Latin Philippīnae
- PhilippīnaeRepublic of the Philippines
Latvian Filipīnas
- FilipīnasRepublic of the Philippines
Lithuanian Filipinai
- FilipinaiRepublic of the Philippines
Malay Filipina
- FilipinaRepublic of the Philippines
Māori Piripīni
- PiripīniRepublic of the Philippines
Norwegian Bokmål Filippinene
- FilippineneRepublic of the Philippines
Polish Filipiny
- FilipinyRepublic of the Philippines
Portuguese Filipinas
- FilipinasRepublic of the Philippines
Punjabi ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼
- ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ (philīpīnaz)Republic of the Philippines
Romanian Filipine
- FilipineRepublic of the Philippines
Russian Филиппи́ны
- Филиппи́ны (Filippíny)Republic of the Philippines
Slovak Filipíny
- FilipínyRepublic of the Philippines
Spanish Filipinas
- FilipinasRepublic of the Philippines
Swahili Ufilipino
- UfilipinoRepublic of the Philippines
Swedish Filippinerna
- FilippinernaRepublic of the Philippines
Tagalog Pilipinas
- PilipinasRepublic of the Philippines
Tamil பிலிப்பீன்சு
- பிலிப்பீன்சு (pilippīṉcu)Republic of the Philippines
Thai ฟิลิปปินส์
- ฟิลิปปินส์ (fí-líp-bpin)Republic of the Philippines
Turkish Filipinler
- FilipinlerRepublic of the Philippines
Ukrainian Філіппі́ни
- Філіппі́ни (Filippíny)Republic of the Philippines
Urdu فِلْپائِن
- فِلْپائِن (filpāin)Republic of the Philippines
Vietnamese Phi-líp-pin, Phi Luật Tân
- Phi-líp-pinRepublic of the Philippines
- Phi Luật TânRepublic of the Philippines
Yiddish די פֿיליפּינען, פֿיליפּינען
- די פֿיליפּינען (di filipinen)Republic of the Philippines
- פֿיליפּינען (filipinen)Republic of the Philippines
Cite this entry
Philippines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Philippines
“Philippines.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Philippines. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Philippines,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Philippines.
Source: Philippines on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.