576: philippines and filipino Jul 6, 2016

The somewhat confusing demonym of the Philippines is Filipino, with two fewer P's and one fewer H than the name of the country. Neither of those names are from the native language, Tagalog, which has been heavily influenced by Spanish and English. The earlier word for Filipino was 'Pilipino' but the name was changed later on to an F in order to create a stronger to make a connection to the European languages (Spanish and American English).