OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 45827

Filipina

/filiˈpinɐ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
filipina
A female citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers.
Whether portrayed as masculine warriors, female seducers, or wayward mothers, Huk Amazons were regarded as extraordinary and unconventional Filipinas: communist guerrillas trained…
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