PHILIPPINES as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
   Synonym(s)
   • Philippine Islands (what does Philippine Islands mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Philippines is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • archipelago (what does archipelago mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a republic on the Philippine Islands
   • achieved independence from the United States in 1946
   Synonym(s)
   • Republic of the Philippines (what does Republic of the Philippines mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Philippines is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • country (what does country mean?)
   • state (what does state mean?)
   • land (what does land mean?)