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philippines | china |

As an adjective philippines

is .

As a noun china is

(uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend).

philippines

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Philippines)
  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with Philippians. * (country) Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.

    Synonyms

    * Pilipinas * Pinas

    Related terms

    * Tagalog * Filipina * Filipinas * Phils * PI

    See also

    * * * English eponyms ----

    china

    English

    (wikipedia China)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----