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# philippine

«philippine» in Mova's school dictionary: **belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Philippine); noun (the Philippines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Philippine means belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia made of more than 7,000 islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#m1)

2) The Philippines is the name of the country itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it describes the islands, seas and things of the Philippines; the people are called Filipinos. Phrases: the Philippine Islands, the Philippine Sea, the Philippine flag, Philippine eagle.

### examples

- The Philippine eagle is one of the biggest eagles in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x1)
- Manila is the capital of the Philippines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x2)
- The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x3)
- Typhoons often cross the Philippine Sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x4)
- My friend's family is from the Philippines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x5)
- The Philippine flag has a sun and three stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#x6)

### note

Always a capital P. Spelling trap: Philippines has one l and two p's (Ph-i-l-i-pp-i-n-e-s). The people are Filipinos (with F), and «Filipino» is also an adjective. The country is «the Philippines», with «the».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «philippine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.