filipino

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs (synset 303077608)
    "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook"
    same as: philippine
Noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Philippines (synset 109746782)
    is a type of: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
    subtypes:
    • moro - a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines
    • tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
    • bisayan, visayan - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
    belongs to: philippines, republic of the philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
  2. Official language of the Philippines;
    Based on Tagalog;
    Draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages (synset 106952518)
    is a type of: western malayo-polynesian - a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
    subtypes:
    • tagalog - the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
    • cebuan, cebuano - language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines
    same as: philippine

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