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Pilipino

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[pil-uh-pee-noh] / ˌpɪl əˈpi noʊ /

noun

  1. a language essentially the same as Tagalog that has been adopted as the official national language of the Philippines.


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Aquilina Soriano Versoza is executive director of the Pilipino Workers Center, which is organizing a candidate forum focused on Asian American issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Based in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown, the Pilipino Workers Center primarily advocates for the labor and immigrant rights of workers across Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021

In San Francisco, the West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center, a nonprofit that serves underprivileged Filipino youth, stayed open overnight on Sunday to accept donations of food and medicine for victims of the typhoon.

From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2013

For balance on the other side, Aquino chose two center-left Assemblymen from the Pilipino Democratic Party-Laban.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Jovy is a pretty Filipina college student studying biology, and she’s also in charge of her university’s PCN, or Pilipino Cultural Night.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

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