Filipino
Meanings
noun
- A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
- Specifically a male citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines.
- A male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
name
- The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.
adj
- Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, and cultures.
- Of or pertaining to Tagalog, the basis of the national language of the Philippines.
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Etymology
From Spanish filipino m, from Felipe + -ino, demonym to Spanish las Islas Filipinas (“The Philippine Islands (P.I.); The Philippines”), after Spanish El Rey Felipe II de España (“King Philip II of Spain”). The Spanish term formerly only referred to a male Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent, synonym to Spanish insular (“islander”) (plural insulares) in the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines, before it was applied as a nationality for every citizen of the Philippines from the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine Revolution.
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