Philippines Synonyms

fĭlə-pēnz, fĭlə-pēnz
A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. republic-of-the-philippines
An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. philippine-islands
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Words Related to Philippines

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. philippine
  2. indonesia
  3. honduras
  4. nicaragua
  5. guatemala
  6. colombia
  7. malaysia
  8. dominican-republic
  9. nigeria
  10. bangladesh
  11. el-salvador
  12. chile

Philippines Sentence Examples

  • The Philippines are famous for the variety, beauty and abundance of their land molluscs.

  • Thus the Philippines were discovered.

  • To the east of the Philippines a sounding of 3490 fathoms is found close to the Strait of St Bernardino and north-east of Talaut.

  • Thence Magellan proceeded to the Philippines, and there his career ended in an unimportant encounter with hostile natives.

  • Broadly speaking, all the brown races which inhabit the portion of Asia south of Siam and Indo-China, and the islands from the Philippines to Java, and from Sumatra to Timor, may be described as belonging to the Malayan family, if the aboriginal tribes, such as the Sakai and Semang in the Malay Peninsula, the Bataks in Sumatra, and the Muruts in Borneo, be excepted.

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