Word Study
philippine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun philippine has 1 sense
- philippine(n = noun.communication) filipino - official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages; Array is a kind of western malayo-polynesian
has particulars: tagalog, cebuan, cebuano
Derived form adjective philippine1
Adjective philippine has 1 sense
- philippine(a = adj.pert) filipino - of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook" Derived form noun philippine1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
philippine, adj. of or relating to the Philippine Islands or their people; Filipino.
Etymology
Philip II of Spain
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