Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filippines

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fil-ip-pines
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Misspelling of Philippines.

Obsolete

Etymology

A hypercorrection of Philippines using F from its earlier etymon, Spanish Filipinas, for the sake of a similar equivalent to the unanglicized demonym, Filipino.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Filipinas

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

the Filippines (canonical)

Questions

What does filippines mean?: Misspelling of Philippines.
Where does filippines come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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