Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Filipino woman or girl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native woman of the Philippine Islands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female native or inhabitant of the
Philippines - adjective Of or pertaining to female natives or inhabitants of the Philippines
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And like you were just saying Betty, I was interested in finding out what would happen if I Googled the word Filipina, three million hits came up and all of the top searches, all dedicated to these mail order brides.
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Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday confirmed that a Filipina was the latest to test positive for A (H1N1) virus, according to the
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I may not always identify myself as a Filipina or view the world as a "Filipina".
Archive 2008-06-01 floreta 2008
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I may not always identify myself as a Filipina or view the world as a "Filipina".
On Pseudonyms, Identity and Feminism floreta 2008
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Because the ones who are actively using the word "Filipina" online and turning it into a link—very likely men who view Filipinas as sex objects—are the ones who are causing search engine results to paint an unflattering picture of the Filipina.
Filipina: Yan ang Pinay! vonjobi 2007
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DE LA CRUZ (on camera): Taking a look online, if we do a search for the word "Filipina," this is what we find.
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It also reminded me that I need to get back to Yan ang Pinay, which has been renamed "Yan ang Filipina," and participate in the "Filipina" Writing Project and Filipina Images.
Archive 2007-09-01 vonjobi 2007
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DE LA CRUZ (on camera): Taking a look online, if we do a search for the word "Filipina," this is what we find.
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It also reminded me that I need to get back to Yan ang Pinay, which has been renamed "Yan ang Filipina," and participate in the "Filipina" Writing Project and Filipina Images.
Bloggers' Kapihan vonjobi 2007
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Because the ones who are actively using the word "Filipina" online and turning it into a link—very likely men who view Filipinas as sex objects—are the ones who are causing search engine results to paint an unflattering picture of the Filipina.
Archive 2007-02-01 vonjobi 2007
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