The Philippines is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
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
In 1543 , Spanish explorer Ruy Lpez de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain .	Spanish	Philippine Spanish	Ruy Lpez de Villalobos	Ruy Lpez de Villalobos	Philip II of Spain	Philip II of Spain
