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Filipino   Listen
adjective
Filipino  adj.  
1.
Of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
Synonyms: Philippine.
2.
Of or relating to the language of the Philippines.
Synonyms: Tagalog.





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"Filipino" Quotes from Famous Books



... to provoke a charge. We took a dozen or more rhinos in this way, often approaching to within a few yards, and if there is any more exciting diversion I don't know what it is. I've looped the loop and there is no comparison. It is more like being ambushed by Filipino insurgents—that is, it's the same kind of excitement, ...
— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon
... but also to indicate their geographical distribution, I have given the name of the narrator, his native town, and his province. In many cases I have given, in addition, the source of his information. I am firmly convinced that all the tales recorded here represent genuine Filipino tradition so far as the narrators are concerned, and that nothing has been ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler
... control of a large portion of the Philippine Islands. But this whole nation pays tribute to the Filipino and American officers and men who held out so long on Bataan Peninsula, to those grim and gallant fighters who still hold Corregidor, where the flag flies, and to the forces that are still striking effectively at the enemy on Mindanao ...
— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... invent reasons for what he wants to do. We might say the same of education. We see college graduates on every side of every public question. Some of Tammany's stanchest supporters are Harvard men. Harvard men defend our treatment of our Filipino allies as a masterpiece of policy and morals. Harvard men, as journalists, pride themselves on producing copy for any side that may enlist them. There is not a public abuse for which some Harvard ...
— Memories and Studies • William James


Words linked to "Filipino" :   Philippine, Bisayan, aboriginal, Western Malayo-Polynesian, aborigine, Visayan, Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Cebuano, indigen, Cebuan


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