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philippines | x |

As an adjective philippines

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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 ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----