philippines

Noun
  1. 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
    is an instance of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
    member holonym:
    • filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
    • bisayan, visayan - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
    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 terrorism
    has:
    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: republic of the philippines
  2. An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands (synset 109002670)
    domain member region:
    • bataan, corregidor - the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
    • leyte, leyte invasion, leyte island - a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    member holonym: tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
    has:
    • cebu - one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor
    • luzon - the main island of the Philippines
    • mindanao - the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic
    • mindoro - a mountainous island in the central Philippines
    • philippines, republic of the philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
    • bisayas, visayan islands - group of islands in the central Philippines
    is a part of: pacific, pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world
    same as: philippine islands

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