Filipino
Filipino
adj.
- of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
- of or relating to the language of the Philippines.
Filipino
n.
pl. Filipinos
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A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.
Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country,” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood.
- the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.