republic of the philippines
Noun
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A republic on the Philippine Islands;
Achieved independence from the United States in 1946 (synset 109003614)domain member region:- manila bay - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet
- adobo - a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice
- abu sayyaf, bearer of the sword - a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
- abb, alex boncayao brigade, revolutionary proletarian army, rpa-abb - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s
- moro islamic liberation front - a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases
- new people's army, npa - a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines
- pentagon gang - a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion
- amorphophallus campanulatus, amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato - putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
member holonym:belongs to: asean, association of southeast asian nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorismhas:- capital of the philippines, manila - the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
- caloocan - a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon
- cebu, cebu city - an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines
- quezon city - city on Luzon adjoining Manila
is a part of:- southeast asia - a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
- philippine islands, philippines - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
same as: philippines
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