Philippines
phi·lip·pi·nes
noun
1.
a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
2.
an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
Origin
See Name of the Philippines in Wikipedia for a complete etymology. Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Filipinas, which was from Felipe (the name of a king of Spain). By surface analysis, Philip + -ine + -s.
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