Filipino
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
- 2 official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages wordnet
- 3 Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines.
- 4 a native or inhabitant of the Philippines wordnet
- 5 A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent. historical, obsolete
- 1 Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures. not-comparable
- 2 Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines. not-comparable
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs wordnet
- 1 The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. uncountable
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More examples""Are you from Australia?" asked the Filipino."
Etymology
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.
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