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• Philippines, the
  1. a country made up of over 7000 islands off the southeast coast of Asia. Population: 86,241,000 (2004). Capital: Manila. The Philippines were a COLONY of the US from 1898 until they became fully independent in 1948. People from the Philippines are called Filipinos .
• Republic of the Philippines (noun)
  1. a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
• capital of the Philippines (noun)
  1. the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
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