Filipino
noun
Fil·i·pi·no
ˌfi-lə-ˈpē-(ˌ)nō 
plural Filipinos
1
: a native of the Philippine Islands
2
: a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines
3
: the Tagalog-based official language of the Republic of the Philippines
Filipino
adjective
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
Throwback Rapper Movie Corner: Tone Loc in 1997’s Fakin’ da Funk
In 1997, Dante Basco, known to me as the Filipino dude from that one season of Moesha, starred in the uncomfortably bad comedy Fakin’ da Funk as Julian, a Chinese American teen who grew up raised in a Black family.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 May 2025
What To Know Multiple Filipino teachers on Maui were questioned by ICE agents as part of a federal search operation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Luis Antonio Tagle Tagle, who hails from the Philippines’ capital city Manila, became the seventh Filipino to be named a Cardinal in 2012 and could potentially become the Church’s first Asian pope.
—James Factora, Them., 7 May 2025
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Filipino
noun
Fil·i·pi·no
ˌfil-ə-ˈpē-nō
plural Filipinos
: a person born or living in the Philippines
Filipino
adjective
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