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Filipino

adjective

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs. Synonym: Philippine. "Our Filipino cook"

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"Filipino" Quotes from Famous Books

... Never once had their house been approached by any one who bore resemblance to the dreaded lover. All along the Calle Real, where were the quarters of many officers, little guards of regulars were stationed; for black rumors of Filipino uprising came with every few days, and some men's hearts were failing them for fear when they thought of the paucity of their numbers as compared with the thousands of fanatical natives to whom the taking of human life was of less account than the loss of ...

— Found in the Philippines - The Story of a Woman's Letters • Charles King

... promises, acceptances, and recommendations of the Government officials were void. Upon landing, Rizal was immediately arrested and confined in the infamous Montjuich prison. Despujols was now military governor of Barcelona. The interview of hours which he is said to have had with his Filipino prisoner must have been dramatic. Rizal was at once re-embarked, on the Colon, and returned to Manila, a state prisoner. Blanco was recalled, and Poliavieja, a sworn friend of the ...

— An Eagle Flight - A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal

Words linked to "Filipino" : aboriginal, Cebuan, indigen, aborigine, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Bisayan, Visayan, Tagalog, Philippine, Philippines, native, indigene, Moro, Republic of the Philippines, Cebuano