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# philippine

adjective (Philippine); noun (the Philippines)

«philippine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Philippine means belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia made of more than 7,000 islands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#m1)
2. The Philippines is the name of the country itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «philippine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«philippine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philippine.html) on Mova free.