Feminine
Filipinas

Filipinas

  1. (feminine) Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)
  2. (feminine, obsolete) the islands of Samar and Leyte

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
Fi‧li‧pi‧nas
Pronounced as (IPA)
/filiˈpinas/
Etymology

From Felipe + -inas. Originally las Islas Filipinas (literally “the Philippine Isles”), named after Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”).

Related words

the Republic of the Philippines

𐐙𐐮𐑊𐐲𐐹𐐨𐑌𐑆

the Philippines

República de las Filipinas

Mar de Filipinas

Repúlica de Filipinas

la República de Filipinas

República de Filipinas

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