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Philippines (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 122 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 122.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises over 7000 islands; area first settled by Negritos (a pygmy group) by 30,000 BCE; later settled by Malayans; Islam introduced by Arabs 14th century; Spanish conquest began 1564, endured conflict with Moros of South and Chinese; revolution 1896-1899; official languages are Pilipino and English. |
Names: |
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| Pilipinas (preferred,C,V,Tagalog)
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| Pilipinas (Ilocano)
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| Pilipinas (Cebuano)
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| Pilipinas (Filipino-P,U,N)
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| Pilipinas (Waray (Philippines))
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| Republika ng Pilipinas (C,V,O,Filipino,U,N)
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| Republika ñg Pilipinas (C,V,Filipino,U,N)
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| Philippines (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named for Philip II of Spain, 16th cen. |
| Philippines (Vietnamese)
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| Philippines (Akan)
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| Philippines (French-P,U,N)
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| Philippines (North Ndebele)
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| Philippines (Shona)
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| Republic of the Philippines (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| République des Philippines (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Philippine Islands (C,V)
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| Filipinas (C,V,Portuguese)
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| Filipinas (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Filipinas (Aragonese)
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| Filipinas (Galician)
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| Filipinas (Occitan)
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| Filipinas (Pampanga)
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| República de Filipinas (C,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| República de Filipinas (Filipino)
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| Islas Filipinas (C,V)
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| Filippijnen (C,O,Dutch)
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| Philippinen (C,O,German)
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| Philippinen (Low German)
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| Филиппины (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Филиппины (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 菲律宾 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 菲律宾共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ا فًبَين (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ا فًبَين (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| PHL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| PH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO608 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| RP (C,O,FIPS)
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| Filipino (C,O,Kikuyu)
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| Filipino (Swahili (generic))
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| Philippine (C,O,English,U,A)
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| הפיליפינים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Amazinga ya Filipine (C,U,Rundi)
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| Bizinga bya Firipino (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Felipines (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Filibiin (C,U,Somali)
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| Filipaina (C,U,Samoan)
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| Filipaini (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Filipiene (C,U,Limburgan)
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| Filipiin (C,U,Fulah)
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| Filipiinid (C,U,Estonian)
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| Filipijnen (C,U,Dutch)
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| Filîpîn (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Filipin (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Filipin (Hausa)
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| Filipin (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Filipinɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Filipina (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Filipina (Indonesian)
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| Filipina (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Filipinai (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Filipinak (C,U,Basque)
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| Filipīnas (C,U,Latvian)
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| Filipinas - Pilipinas (C,U,Galician)
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| Filipine (C,U,Romanian)
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| Filipine (Albanian)
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| Filipinen (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Filipines (C,U,Catalan)
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| Filipines (Asturian)
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| Filipinet (C,U,Albanian)
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| Filipinez (C,U,Breton)
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| Filipini (C,U,Bambara)
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| Filipini (Croatian)
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| Filipini (Bosnian)
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| Filipini (Slovene)
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| Filipini (Ido)
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| Filipîni (C,U,Sangho)
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| Filipini nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Filipinler (C,U,Turkish)
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| Filipinler Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish)
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| Filipinoj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Filipiny (C,U,Polish)
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| Filipiny (Upper Sorbian)
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| Filipíny (C,U,Slovak)
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| Filipíny (Czech)
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| Filipinys (C,U,Cornish)
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| Filippiinit (C,U,Finnish)
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| Filippiinnat (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Filippinane (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Filippinas (C,U,Romansh)
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| Filippine (C,U,Italian)
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| Filippinene (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Filippinene (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Filippinene (Norwegian)
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| Filippinerna (C,U,Swedish)
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| Filippinerne (C,U,Danish)
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| Filippini (C,U,Maltese)
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| Filippseyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Filippyne (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Filipsoyggjar (C,U,Faroese)
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| Filipuäns (C,U,Volapük)
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| Fülöp-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| i-Philippines (C,U,Zulu)
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| Las Islas Felipenas (C,U)
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| Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Nfilipi (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Orílẹ́ède filipini (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Philipinau (C,U,Welsh)
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| Phi-lip-pin (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Philippinae (C,U,Latin)
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| Philippinas (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Philippinnen (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Phi-líp-pin (Phi Luật Tân) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| República de las Filipinas (C,U)
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| República de las Islas Filipinas (C,U)
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| Y Philipinau (C,U,Welsh)
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| பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் (C,U,Tamil)
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| Филипини (C,U,Serbian)
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| Филипини (Macedonian)
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| Филипини (Bulgarian)
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| ফিলিপাইন (C,U,Bengali)
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| ಫಿಲಿಪ್ಪೀನ್ಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ហ្វ៉ីលីពីន (C,U,Khmer)
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| Філіппіни (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Φιλιππίνες (C,U,Greek)
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| フィリピン (C,U,Japanese)
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| الفلبين (C,U,Arabic)
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| ฟิลิปปินส์ (C,U,Thai)
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| ፊሊፒንስ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ፊሊፒንስ (Amharic)
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| फिलिपिन्स (C,U,Marathi)
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| फिलिपिन्स (Nepali)
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| فیلیپین (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| פיליפינים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Ֆիլիպիններ (C,U,Armenian)
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| 필리핀 (C,U,Korean)
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| الفيلبين (C,U,Arabic)
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| فىلىپپىن (C,U,Uyghur)
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| फिलीपिंस (C,U,Hindi)
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| פיליפינען (C,U,Yiddish)
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| ფილიპინები (C,U,Georgian)
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| ຟິລິປິນ (C,U,Lao)
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| Філіпіны (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ประเทศฟิลิปปินส์ (C,U,Thai)
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| ফিলিপিন্স (C,U,Bengali)
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| ಫಿಲಿಫೈನ್ಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ဖိလစ်ပိုင် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ફિલિપિન્સ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Філіпіни (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| පිලිපීනය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| फिलिपींस (C,U,Hindi)
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| ཕི་ལི་པིནས྄། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| फिलीपिन्स (C,U,Marathi)
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| ଫିଲିପାଇନସ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| ഫിലിപ്പൈന്സ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ఫిలి పైన్స్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| フィリピン共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| فلیپین (C,U,Kurdish)
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| فلپائنی (C,U,Urdu)
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| Commonwealth of the Philippines (H,O)
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............ | 1935, through World War II |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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established July 4, 1946 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| commonwealth (H) |
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established October 15, 1935 |
| controlled region (H) |
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Spanish, 16th to mid-18th cen.; British, 1762-early 19th cen.; Spanish, 19th cen.; American, 1898-1946; Japanese, May 1942-October 1944 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Manila .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Philippines, City of Manila) [7003706] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Phi-líp-pin (Phi Luật Tân).......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1694008 |
| República de las Filipinas.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1694008 |
| República de las Islas Filipinas.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1694008 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, IMJ, VP] |
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Asia-Pacific, National Geographic (1989) map supplement |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 693 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 692 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 734 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1274 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 921 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXV, 547; XXV, 547 ff.; 25:547 |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 18 January 2008 |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 225 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1694008 |
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Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Ocampo, Manuel;" accessed 17 January 2008 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 19 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 770 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 69 |
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Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-) accessed 17 January 2008 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 19 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-75 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 74 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 29 |
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UNTERM [online] (2007-) accessed 18 January 2008 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 949-950 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines |
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