1. An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
   - Philippine Islands 
2. A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
   - Republic of the Philippines

1. Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
   - Filipino, Pilipino

See also: Philippine

Type of: archipelago, country, land, state, Western Malayo-Polynesian

Part of: ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia

Encyclopedia: Philippine

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