Filipin@

//fɪlɪˈpinaʊ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Filipino (“m”) or Filipina (“f”). neologism

Etymology

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. From Filipino and Filipina, from Spanish filipina+filipino, from the Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe (“Philip”), from Philip II of Spain.

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