Philippines
['filipi:nz;fili'pi:nz]
Definition
(noun.) an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands.
(noun.) a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946.
Typist: Nelda--From WordNet
Examples
- It is improbable that either Porto Rico or the Philippines will become states in the Union. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Admiral Dewey’s ship, the Olympia, returning from the Philippines, paid for her toll $3,516. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They discovered the Philippines, and here Magellan was killed in a fight with the natives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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