Related to the Philippines or its people, language, or culture.
From Spanish 'Filipino,' derived from 'Felipe' (Philip), named after King Philip II of Spain who colonized the islands in the 1500s. The name literally means 'of Philip's people.'
The Philippines is named after a Spanish king who never even visited it, yet the word 'Filipino' is now a source of national pride—showing how colonialism shaped language but people reclaimed and transformed the meaning.
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