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Filipina

//filiˈpinɐ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to female inhabitants of the Philippines. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A female citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such. countable

    "Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers."

  2. 2
    A female Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent. countable, historical, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).

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