Name in Other Languages
Given that it has two official languages, the country also possesses two official names as stated in the 1987 Constitution. In Filipino, it is officially called Republika ng Pilipinas, while it is named the Republic of the Philippines in English. When standing alone in English, the country's name is always preceded by the article "the". How ever, the definite article "ang" does not precede the name in Filipino contexts.
Unlike Ireland which uses the name "Eire/Ireland" to identify itself in international meeting, the English name usually appears to identify the Philippines (e.g. when there are meetings in the United Nations or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in this setting. This is also the tradition even if the meeting is held within the country's boundary.
In many Philippine languages, the name is consistently spelled "Pilipinas", one very notable exemption being Ilocanos, which uses (though unofficially) the spelling "Filipinas".
Though the name Philippines is the official name that is used by the country's government for international and domestic businesses, numerous major languages of the world still use their own translation or transliteration of the name Philippines to refer to it.
| Language | Name (Pilipinas) |
Transliteration | Official Name (Republika ng Pilipinas) |
Transliteration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Filippyne | Republiek van die Filippyne | ||
| Albanian | Filipinet | Republika e Filipineve | ||
| Arabic | الفلبين | Āl-filibiyīn | جمهورية الفلبين | Jāmhwayr āl-filibiyīn |
| Azerbaijani | Filippin | Filippin Respublikası | ||
| Basque | Filipinetan | Filipinetako Errepublikako | ||
| Bengali | ফিলিপাইন | Filipain | ফিলিপাইন প্রজাতন্ত্র | Filipain Projatôntro |
| Bulgarian | Филипини | Filipini | Република Филипини | Republika Filipini |
| Catalan | Filipines | República de Filipines | ||
| Chinese | 菲律賓 (Tr.) 菲律宾 (Sp.) |
Fēilǜbīn | 菲律賓共和國 (Tr.) 菲律宾共和国 (Sp.) |
Fēilǜbīn Gònghéguó |
| Croatian | Filipini | Republika Filipini | ||
| Czech | Filipíny | Filipínská Republika | ||
| Danish | Filippinerne | Republikken Filippinerne | ||
| Dutch | Filipijnen | Republiek van de Filipijnen | ||
| English | Philippines | Republic of the Philippines | ||
| Estonian | Filipiinid | Filipiini Vabariik | ||
| Finnish | Filippiinit | Filippiinien Tasavalta | ||
| French | Philippines | République des Philippines | ||
| German | Philippinen | Republik der Philippinen | ||
| Greek | Φιλιππίνες | Filippínes | Δημοκρατία των Φιλιππίνων | Di̱mokratía to̱n Filippíno̱n |
| Hebrew | פיליפינים | Filipinim | הרפובליקה של הפיליפינים | |
| Hindi | फ़िलीपीन्स | Philipīns | फिलीपींस गणराज्य | Philīpīnsa Gaṇarājya |
| Hungarian | Fülöp-szigetek | Fülöp-szigeteki Köztársaság | ||
| Icelandic | Filippseyjar | Lýðveldið Filippseyjar | ||
| Indonesian | Negeri Pilipina | Republik Filipina | ||
| Irish | Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha | Phoblacht na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha | ||
| Italian | Filippine | Repubblica delle Filippine | ||
| Japanese | フィリピン | Firipin | フィリピン共和国 | Firipin kyōwakoku |
| Khmer | ប្រទេសហ្វីលីពីន | Filippin | សាធារណរដ្ឋហ្វីលីពីន | Sathéaranakrâth Filippin |
| Korean | 필리핀 | Pillipin | 필리핀 공화국 | Pillipin Gonghwaguk |
| Latin | Philippinae | Respvblica Philippinae | ||
| Latvian | Filipīnas | Filipīnu Republikas | ||
| Lithuanian | Filipinai | Respublikos Filipinai | ||
| Malay | Filipina | Republik Filipina | ||
| Maltese | Filippini | Repubblika tal-Filippini | ||
| Marathi | फिलिपिन्स | filipins | फिलिपिन्साचे प्रजासत्ताक | filipinsāce prajāsattāk |
| Norwegian | Filippinene | Republikken Filippinene | ||
| Polish | Filipiny | Republika Filipin | ||
| Portuguese | Filipinas | República das Filipinas | ||
| Romanian | Filipine | Republica Filipine | ||
| Russian | Филиппины | Filipinɨ | Республика Филиппины | Respublika Filipinɨ |
| Spanish | Filipinas | República de Filipinas | ||
| Swedish | Filippinerna | Republiken Filippinerna | ||
| Thai | ฟิลิปปินส์ | Filippin | สาธารณรัฐฟิลิปปินส์ | Sāthāranarat Filippin |
| Turkish | Filipinler | Filipinler Cumhuriyeti | ||
| Ukrainian | Філіпіни | Filippiny | Республіка Філіппіни | Respublika Filippiny |
| Vietnamese | Philippin | Cộng hoà Philippin | ||
| Welsh | Philipinau | Gweriniaeth Ynysoedd y Philipinau |
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