Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philippines

/ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: Phi-lip-pines
IPA: /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago of Southeast Asia.

name

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

Example Sentences

"The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing."
"Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost."

Etymology

See Name of the Philippines in Wikipedia for a complete etymology. Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain). By surface analysis, Philip + -ine + -s.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Filipinas

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/
British English: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/

Inflected Forms

the Philippines (canonical)

Phrases

Christmas Capital of the Philippines Culinary Capital of the Philippines Goodbye Philippines Rice Bowl of the Philippines Salad Bowl of the Philippines Summer Capital of the Philippines Countries of the world

Frequently Paired Words

Filipina Filipinas Philippine Phils PI Tagalog Countries of the world

Synonyms

Filippines Pilipinas Pinas

Questions

How do you pronounce philippines?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪl.ə.piːnz/.
What does philippines mean?: An archipelago of Southeast Asia.
Where does philippines come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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