Saturday, September 19, 2009

Philippines, Philippine, Pilipino, Filipino, Filipina

A little clarification of the use of the following:

Philippines
  • The only predominantly Catholic country in Asia
  • Home to the Filipinos, a predominantly Malay race, intermingled with Chinese, Spanish, American peoples
  • It was from 1500's to the early 20th century, a cross roads of inter-continental commerce
  • A collection of Kingdoms before the Spanish
  • Datu (King) Lapu-lapu killed Ferdinand Magellan in battle after burning his village for refusing to bowing to Spain's authority
  • A Spanish colony for 333 years
  • An American colony for 50 years
  • The inventors of "People Power"

Philippine
  • Anything pertaining to, belonging to, or originating from the Philippines

Pilipino
  • The national language of the Philippines
  • Predominantly based on Tagalog, one of the major dialects of the Philippines
  • a.k.a. Filipino

Filipino
  • A person from the Philippines, spelled in English
  • The language of the Philippines, spelled in English
  • A Filipino man

Filipina
  • A Filipino woman


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