Dictionary

Filipina en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/ (UK, US)
• /filiˈpinɐ/ (Philippines)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines.

Antonyms

Filipino

Hypernyms

Filipino · Filipin@ · Philippine

Relateds

Filipino

Translations (6)

he פיליפינית (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines) · tl Pilipina (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines) · es filipina (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines) · sv filippinsk (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines) · tl Pinay (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines) · it filippina (Of or pertaining to female citizens or local inhabitants of the Philippines)

Filipina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/ (UK, US)
• /filiˈpinɐ/ (Philippines)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).

Meanings

1. (countable) A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
   • Whether portrayed as masculine warriors, female seducers, or wayward mothers, Huk Amazons were regarded as extraordinary and unconventional Filipinas: communist guerrillas trained to fight as soldiers against the government and women who lived in the forests, fraternized with men, and had children outside marriage. 2009 April 22, Vina A. Lanzona, Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 31:
   • Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers. 2006 [1997 December 16], Shu-Ju Ada Cheng, “The Global Trade in Domestic Service”, in Serving the Household and the Nation: Filipina Domestics and the Politics of Identity in Taiwan (Sociology; Asian Studies), Lexington Books, sourced from United Daily News, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
2. (countable, historical, obsolete) A female Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.

Forms

Deriveds

Filipin@ · Pinay · Filipinx

Hypernyms

Filipin@ (female citizen) · Filipinx (female citizen) · Filipino (female citizen)

Hyponyms

Pinay

Relateds

Filipino

Synonyms

Spaniard · Pinay · Spanish

Translations (9)

ru филиппинка (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · es filipina (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · tl Pilipina (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · it filippina (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · ro filipineză (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · hy ֆիլիպինուհի (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · ast filipina (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · nl Filipijnse (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines) · tl Pinay (A female citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines)