1. An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
   - Philippine Islands 
2. A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
   - Republic of the Philippines

1. Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
   - Filipino, Pilipino

See also: Philippine

Type of: archipelago, country, land, state, Western Malayo-Polynesian

Part of: ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia

Encyclopedia: Philippine

• genus Toxostoma
• genus Toxotes
• genus Trachelospermum
• genus Trachinotus
• genus Trachipterus
• genus Trachodon
• genus Trachurus
• genus Tradescantia
• genus Tragelaphus
• genus Tragopan
• genus Tragopogon
• genus Tragulus
• genus Trapa
• genus Trautvetteria
• genus Trema
• genus Tremella
• genus Treponema
• genus Triaenodon
• genus Trialeurodes
• genus Triatoma
• genus Tribolium
• genus Tribonema
• genus Tribulus
• genus Triceratops
• genus Trichecus