General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: The Philippines
- Official English country name: The Republic of the Philippines
- Capital of the Philippines: Manila
- Common endonym(s): Pilipinas, 'Pinas
- Official endonym(s): Republika ng Pilipinas
- Adjectives: Philippine, Filipino
- Demonym: Filipino, Pinoy
- Etymology: named after King Philip II of Spain
- International rankings of the Philippines
- ISO country codes: PH, PHL, 608
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PH
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ph
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