philippine Synonyms
Another word for philippine
• adjective (Context 1)
Relating to the Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia, or its people, culture, and institutions.
"The museum features an extensive collection of filipino textiles and traditional woodcarvings."
• noun (Context 2)
A traditional social game or custom in which two people share a twin-kerneled nut (such as an almond) and compete at their next meeting to be the first to say the word 'philippine' to claim a small gift or forfeit; also, the double-kerneled nut itself.
"After finding two kernels inside the almond shell, the sisters shared them and agreed to play a fillipeen the next morning."
• noun (Context 3)
A native or inhabitant of the Philippines (now rare and largely superseded by 'Filipino').
"Historical nineteenth-century travelogues occasionally referred to the islands' inhabitants as Philippines."