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This word is shared with British English. Course [18] — Academic degree. Shared with British English partly due to the Spanish word curso and its borrowed form in many Philippine languages. Cutex [10] — Nail polish. Dean's lister [39] — A person awarded a dean's list; Despedida party [7] [5] — A farewell party. The word despedida is a ...
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
v. t. e. Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries.
Mabuhay (lit. 'to live') is a Filipino greeting, usually expressed as Mabuhay!, which means " long live!". The term is also occasionally used for toasts during celebrations to mean "cheers". It is similar to the Hawaiʻian expression "aloha". [1] It is used in the local hospitality industry to welcome guests, a practice rooted in a 1993 ...
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [49] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic [50] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.
The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.
There is no record of human sacrifices being offered to anito during the Spanish period of the Philippines, [1] [44] [37] except among the Bagobo people in southern Mindanao where it was prevalent until the early 20th century. [64] [65] [note 25] Another common pag-anito ritual throughout most of the Philippine ethnic groups involves the use of ...
Pinoy (/ pɪˈnɔɪ / Tagalog: [pɪˈnɔi]) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. [1][page needed][2] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy. Many Filipinos refer to ...