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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.
Atis[ 15] — The Annona squamosa or sugar apple. Awardee[ 2] — One who is given an award. Shared with American English. Bagoong [ 7][ 5] — fermented fish or shrimp paste. Baguio[ 1] — A typhoon. This word is a borrowing from Philippine Spanish. Bakya[ 16] — referring to the lower socioeconomic class.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology ( DICT) ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country's information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in support of ...
In the Philippines, merienda ( Filipino: meryenda) is a generic term encompassing two light meals: the first is a morning snack that may correspond to either brunch, elevenses, or second breakfast; the second one is the equivalent of afternoon tea. [ 2] Merienda taken in the early evening around sunset just before or in place of dinner is ...
In 1990–91, a program was created for pre-school boys and named KID Scouting. Since "kid" in English and not Filipino, it was contrived as an acronym for "Kabataang Iminumulat Diwa" and written in all caps. In 1991, the 12th Asia-Pacific Jamboree was held in Philippine Scouting Center, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna. In ...
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .
A sitio ( Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a sitio 's location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own barangay if its population were high enough. Sitios are similar to puroks, but the latter are more urban and closer to the center ...
The splendid fairywren ( Malurus splendens) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found across much of the Australian continent from central-western New South Wales and southwestern Queensland over to coastal Western Australia. It inhabits predominantly arid and semi-arid regions.