philippines
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1. an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | cebu, |
| definition | : | one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | luzon, |
| definition | : | the main island of the Philippines (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mindanao, |
| definition | : | the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mindoro, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island in the central Philippines (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | tagalog, |
| definition | : | a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | bataan, corregidor, |
| definition | : | the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | leyte, leyte invasion, leyte island, |
| definition | : | a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese (noun.act) |
2. a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | caloocan, |
| definition | : | a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cebu, cebu city, |
| definition | : | an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | quezon city, |
| definition | : | city on Luzon adjoining Manila (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | southeast asia, |
| definition | : | a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | filipino, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of the Philippines (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | bisayan, visayan, |
| definition | : | a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | asean, association of southeast asian nations, |
| definition | : | an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | manila bay, |
| definition | : | a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | adobo, |
| definition | : | a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | abu sayyaf, bearer of the sword, |
| definition | : | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | moro islamic liberation front, |
| definition | : | a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | new people's army, npa, |
| definition | : | a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | pentagon gang, |
| definition | : | a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion (noun.group) |
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