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filipino - 5 dictionary results

Fil⋅i⋅pi⋅no

[fil-uh-pee-noh] noun, plural -nos, adjective
–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of the Philippines.
2. Pilipino.
–adjective
3. Philippine.

Origin:
1895–1900; < Sp, derived from (las Islas) Filipinas Philippine (Islands)

Pil⋅i⋅pi⋅no

[pil-uh-pee-noh]
–noun
a language essentially the same as Tagalog that has been adopted as the official national language of the Philippines.
Also called Filipino.
Fil·i·pi·no   (fĭl'ə-pē'nō)   
n.   pl. Fil·i·pi·nos
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Philippines.
  2. The Austronesian language that is based on Tagalog, draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages, and is the official language of the Philippines.
adj.  Of or relating to the Philippines or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

[Spanish filipino, from (Islas) Filipinas, Philippine (Islands).]

Filipino

Fil`i*pi"no\, n.; pl. Filipinos. [Sp.] A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.

Then there are Filipinos, -- "children of the country," they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. --The Century.

Filipino 
1898 (fem. Filipina), from Sp., from las Islas Filipinas "the Philippine Islands."
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