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A unisex term referring to a person or persons of ethnic descent originating from the Republic of the Philippines. Pilipino refers to a person born in the Philippines. Filipino refers to a person not born in the Philippines, but of Philippine ethnicity. This delineation is due to the fact that there is no phonetic equivalent of the letter 'F' in any of [the Philippine Islands]’ indigenous languages. Spaniards who named [the Philippine Islands] after King Phillip II (Las Islas Filipinas) had such a sound in their language. The closest phonetic sound inhabitants in the Philippines could use was ‘P.’ Hence, people Philippine-born refer to themselves as Pilipino (they even write it as ‘Pilipino’), while those born outside the Philippines (e.g. the [United States]) refer to themselves as Filipino (or Filipino-American in the above case).
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