Crossword clues for filipinos
filipinos
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filipino \Fil`i*pi"no\, n.; pl. Filipinos. [Sp.] A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [WordNet sense 1]
Then there are Filipinos, -- ``children of the
country,'' they are called, -- who are supposed to be
pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there
are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native
blood.
--The Century.
2. the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: Philippine.
Wikipedia
Filipinos is the brand name for a series of biscuit snacks made by Mondelēz International. In Spain, Portugal and the Nordic countries they are produced and sold under the Artiach brand name. Under license to United Biscuits, in the Netherlands they are sold and produced locally under the Verkade brand. They have drawn controversy for having the same name as the people of the Philippines.
Filipinos are a nation and ethnic group native to the Philippines that share a common Filipino culture and speak the Filipino language or one of the Philippine languages. According to the 2015 Census, there were 100,981,437 in the Philippines and about 10 million living outside the Philippines.
While Filipino is the national language and, along with English, one of the two official languages, there are around 180 languages and dialects spoken in the Philippines by their respective ethnic groups, the vast majority of them belonging to the Austronesian language family, with Cebuano and Tagalog having the greatest number of native speakers.
The Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was developed with Spanish, Indian, Chinese and American influences.
The Philippines was a Spanish colony for 333 years, setting a foundation for contemporary Filipino culture. Under Spanish rule, most of the Filipino populace embraced Roman Catholicism, yet revolted many times against its hierarchy. Almost all Filipinos adopted Spanish surnames from the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos published in 1849 by the Spanish colonial government. As neither past governments nor the modern Philippine Statistics Authority account for the racial background of an individual, the exact percentage of Filipinos with Spanish ancestry is unknown.
Usage examples of "filipinos".
Perky gate attendants in jaunty, improbable hats zero in on Filipinos with too many carry-ons, and subject them to a public ritual of filling out little tags and surrendering their possessions.
They will want to communicate with their families--the Filipinos are incredibly family-oriented.
But those same divers managed to hide a lot of silver from their guards and get it to Filipinos, who smuggled it into Manila, where it became so common that it totally debased the Japanese occupation currency.
Forward of that, several Filipinos, including women and children, are gathered in the shade of a bright blue tarpaulin, eating.
As he walks toward Randy, several Filipinos watch him with obvious curiosity.
Doug mentioned, weeks ago, that a small number of Filipinos knew about what they were doing, and that they could be trusted.
Many Filipinos are, racially, almost pure Chinese even though their families have been living here for centuries.
We bedded down nightly at small settlements after propitiating locals with gifts of penicillin (which Filipinos use like aspirin), batteries, disposable lighters, & whatever else had been left to us by the soldiers at the roadblocks.
And although I have been very busy, here in New Guinea, preparing the springboard for my return, the Filipinos don't know about any of this, and many of them probably think I have forgotten about them entirely.
The tactic has the desired effect of giving the Filipinos a reason to live again.
The Filipinos, experts at internal combustion, cannibalize some compressors to fix others.
The Filipinos spontaneously break into song over their evening rice bowls.
A sergeant is going around with a bayonet, stirring the guts of the Filipinos who are still moving.
Randy is always impressed by the mixture of love, hate, hope, disappointment, admiration, and derision that Filipinos express towards America.
Whenever Filipinos slag America in earshot of an American, they usually try to follow it up with some really vile observations about the Nipponese, just to put everything in perspective.