Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946

indigen, indigene, native - a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

Moro - a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines

Tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila

Bisayan, Visayan - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

Western Malayo-Polynesian - a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages

Tagalog - language of the Tagalog people on which Filipino is based

Cebuano, Cebuan - language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines