As of 2005, Chinese Filipinos number approximately 1. 1 million corresponding to 1. 3 % of the Filipino population.

In Filipino, the word " libre " ( borrowed from Spanish ) has the same cost / freedom ambiguity as the English word " free ".

" Kalayaan " is a Filipino word meaning " freedom ".

* Muta, a Filipino and Tagalog word meaning Rheum

* Tate, Filipino word for States ( as in " United States ")

One theory is that it may come from the Indonesian word tjakalele., another is that it's a contraction of Kamot Lihok ( Cebuano for hand-body movement ) The multitude of languages spoken in the 7, 107 islands have not only diverged into over 170 dialects, but they have been constantly mixing with one another and as a result, Filipino martial arts comprise a vocabulary of heterogeneous terms.

Castro is a Romance ( Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, and Filipino ) word originally derived from Latin " Castrum ", a pre-Roman military camp or fortification ( cf: Greek: kastron ; Proto-Celtic: * Kassrik ; ).

Some Filipino martial artists contest that the term Panuntukan be used since it came from the root word suntukan.

This term derives from the word " scissors " in Filipino, Malaysian and Indonesian.

Other languages combined the Arabic word qurbān with local terms for " festival ", as in Kurdish ( Cejna Qurbanê ), Pashto ( Kurbaneyy Akhtar ), Chinese ( 古尔邦节 Gúěrbāng Jié ), Malay and Indonesian ( Hari Raya Korban, Qurbani ), Filipino ( Araw ng Pag-Sasakripisyo ), and Turkish ( Kurban Bayramı ). Azeri ( Qurban Bayramı ), Tatar ( Qorban Bäyräme ), Bosnian ( Kurban bajram ), Albanian ( Bajramin e Kurbanit ), Croatian ( Kurban-bajram ), Serbian ( Курбан бајрам ), Russian ( Курбан-байрам ), ( Eid Kurbani Wari ) in Sindhi.

In the Philippine English, the word is tiangge, believed to be a loanword from the Hokkien spoken by Chinese Filipino migrants, or possibly from Nahuatl tianguis via Mexican Spanish.

As well as the Malay word, Thai chilies can also be referred to as cabe rawit ( Indonesian ), lombok rawit ( Javanese ), cengis ( Banyumasan language ), cengek ( Sundanese ), phrik khi nu (), Thai hot, Thai dragon ( due to its resemblance to claws ), siling labuyo ( Filipino ), ladâ, and boonie pepper ( the Anglicized name ).

The Filipino and Malay word balut ( balot ) means " wrapped " – depending on pronunciation.

The word is formed by taking the last four letters of Filipino and adding the diminutive suffix-y in the Tagalog language ( the suffix is commonly used in Filipino nicknames: " Ninoy " or " Noynoy " for Benigno, " Totoy " for Augusto, etc .).

A Chinese Filipino (; Hokkien: Huâ-hui ; Cantonese: Wàhfèi ; Tagalog / Filipino: " Tsinoy " ( pronounced ) derived from two words: " Tsino " ( meaning " Chinese ") and " Pinoy " ( the slang word for " Filipino ")) is a Philippine national of Chinese ethnicity, born / raised in the Philippines.

This is derived from marunong ( Filipino ) and chapatak ( Ivatan ) which literally means someone who knows which were then compounded to form the word mapatak.

Moro ( derived from the Spanish word meaning Moors ) is the appellation inherited from the Spaniards, for Filipino Muslims and tribal groups of Mindanao.

The name was coined when an online Philippine football community proposed the nickname Calle Azul ( Spanish for Streets of Blue, referring to the color of their kit ) which was modified to Azul Calle, shortened to AzCal, and finally became Azkal – a word that is similar to Filipino term Askal meaning street dog.

In Filipino music, the kapanirong is a serenade ( from the root word sirong which means " to go beside a house ") by a group of young bachelors who would come to a maiden's house and play their music by the window.

* Guro, the Filipino word for " teacher ", a teacher of Filipino martial arts ; derived from the Sanskrit word guru

* Filipino has the following composite characters: á, à, â, é, è, ê, í, ì, î, ó, ò, ô, ú, ù, û.

* The flag of the Philippines is the only flag which may be hoisted upside-down when the Filipino Congress has declared the nation to be in a " state of war ".

It has been adapted to film twice in English, in 1963 by Peter Brook and 1990 by Harry Hook, and once in Filipino ( 1976 ).

Since 2002, a tremendous amount of activity by Filipino scientists has resulted in the discovery and naming several new species of Rafflesia.

Chop suey has become a prominent part of American Chinese cuisine, Filipino cuisine, Canadian Chinese cuisine, German Chinese cuisine, Indian Chinese cuisine, and Polynesian cuisine.

Fort Bend County also has the highest percentage of Asian Americans in the Southern United States ; the largest groups are those of Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, and Filipino ancestry.

In addition, mirroring Jacksonville, the town has one of the highest percentage of Filipino American in the state of Florida.

Caledon also has small Arab, Japanese, Korean and Filipino populations.

At least one researcher has postulated that Juan Luna may have patterned the tunic after the English Norfolk jacket, since the Filipino version is not a copy of any Spanish-pattern uniform.

: Lately there has been a great increase in the number of venereal diseases among our officers and men owing to prolific contacts with Filipino women of dubious character.

He holds an instructor certificate in Wu Ming Ta, and has an instructor candidate ranking in Filipino Kali stick and knife fighting.

He said in recent months that the Philippine Embassy in Seoul has received complaints from Filipino wives of abuses committed by their Korean husbands that caused separation, divorce and abandonment.

It is usually called Tagalog within the Philippines and among Filipinos to differentiate it from other Philippine languages, but it has come to be known as Filipino to differentiate it from the languages of other countries ; the former implies a regional origin, the latter a national.

* July 20: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines, confirms that hostage Angelo de la Cruz has been freed by his captors after their demands for a one-month-early withdrawal of all 51 Filipino troops from Iraq were met.

On January 1945, many stronghold of all local military forces of the Filipino soldiers and military officers under the Philippine Commonwealth Army 5th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 55th, 56th and 57th Infantry Division and Philippine Constabulary 5th Infantry Regiment has the sending the local military operations in the town of Atimonan, Tayabas from the local P. C. A.

President Manuel L. Quezón became the first Filipino resident of the Palace ( his predecessor Aguinaldo lived in his own house in Cavite and took office at Barasoain Church ); since then it has been the President's official residence.

Because of meager income opportunities, Mansalay has produced a large number of Overseas Filipino Workers who excel working abroad.

The grammatical rule has survived in modern Filipino, so that when a d is between two vowels, it becomes an r, as in the words dangál ( honour ) and marangál ( honourable ), or dunong ( knowledge ) and marunong ( knowledgeable ), and even raw for daw ( he said, she said, they said, it was said, allegedly, reportedly, supposedly ) and rin for din ( also, too ) after vowels.

He is fluent in English, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Spanish, Arabic, and Lakota ; he also has some knowledge of French, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Hindi, and Persian.

The debut music video of " Oras " ( Time ) by Tarlac City-based Kapampangan band Mernuts has penetrated MTV Pilipinas, making it the first ever Kapampangan music video to join the ranks of other mainstream Filipino music videos.

Aguilar's " Anak " ( Child ), his debut recording, is the most commercially successful Filipino recording, and was popular throughout Asia and Europe, and has been translated into numerous language by singers worldwide.

Filipino rock has also developed to include some hard rock, heavy metal, and alternative rock such as Razorback, Wolfgang, Greyhoundz, Slapshock, Bloodshedd, and the progressive bands Paradigm, Fuseboxx and Eternal Now.

A National Artist of the Philippines ( Filipino: Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas ) is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts.