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Originally Posted by BJ
because the philippines was once a spanish colony called something like islands of the filipinas or something like that and the name stuck.
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WRONG.
The Phillipine Islands were named after King Phillip, as Spain ruled the P.I. for 400 years. We are closer to being a Latin country than we are asian. Tagalog is comprised of about 30 to 40% spanish, mixed in with indigenous dialect.
Filipinos also spell our country's name as Filipinas. Hence where you get the name Filipinos.
We also use Pinoys.