Philippines vs Canada - What's the difference?
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The Republic of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country comprised of over seven thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean, composed of the Philippine archipelago.
The Philippine Islands, an archipelago in Southeast Asia, that forms the basis of the Philippine republic.
A country in North America; official name: Canada .
(historical) Lower Canada (also Canada East) or Upper Canada (Canada West), often “the Canadas.”
As an adjective philippines
is .As a noun canada is
a blow with a cane.philippines
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Proper noun
(wikipedia Philippines)Usage notes
* Do not confuse with Philippians. * (country) Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.Synonyms
* Pilipinas * PinasSee also
* * * English eponyms ----canada
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(wikipedia Canada)Proper noun
(s)Synonyms
* America's Hat (humorous) * Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory) * Dominion of Canada (historical) * Great White North (informal) * neighbor to the north (qualifier) * People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory) * Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)Derived terms
* Atlantic Canada * blame Canada * Canada balsam * * Canada Day * Canada Dry * = bunchberry Cornus canadensis * Canada East = Lower Canada * Canada Games * Canada goose, Branta canadensis * Canada jay = grey jay * * * * Canada Pension Plan * and its fruit * * Erethizon dorsatum * * Canadarm * * Canada Savings Bond * Canada thistle, * Canada violet, * Canada West = Upper Canada * * Canadian * Canadiana * Canadianism * Canadianize * Canadianist * Canadien * Canadienne * Canajun * Central Canada = Central provinces * French Canada * Lower Canada * O Canada * Upper CanadaReferences
* * Jacques Cartier (1545),Relation originale de Jacques Cartier], Paris: Tross [1863, p 48.