English > Philippine Islands: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands. |
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| Synonym | Philippines |
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| Instance of | archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water |
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| Members | Tagalog | A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila |
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| Part of | Pacific, Pacific Ocean | The largest ocean in the world |
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| Parts | Cebu | One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines |
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| Luzon | The main island of the Philippines |
| Mindanao | The second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago |
| Mindoro | A mountainous island in the central Philippines |
| Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | A republic on the Philippine Islands |
| Visayan Islands, Bisayas | group of islands in the central Philippines |
| Region of | Bataan, Corregidor | The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II |
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| Leyte, Leyte Island, Leyte invasion | A battle in World War II |
| Spanish | Archipiélago de Filipinas, Filipinas, Philippines |
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| Catalan | Arxipèlag de Filipines, Filipines |
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