The Philippines is a place.
The Philippines -LRB- -LSB- flpinz -RSB- Pilipinas -LSB- plpins -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Republic of the Philippines -LRB- -LSB- Republika ng Pilipinas , links = no -RSB- -RRB- , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean .	sovereign	sovereign state	island country	island country	Southeast Asia	Southeast Asia	Asia	Asia
