# Unusual genitive place names

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961 "1999-08-12T21:24:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-genitive-place-names/12961/61 "2000-01-21T22:42:00Z")

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To Doobieous: The usage _Filipino_ exists because "the Spanish do not use _ph_ as we [English speakers] do to represent _f."_ (George Stimpson, _Book about a Thousand Things)_ Spanish was the colonial language of the Philippines long before Americans had anything to do with the islands, and obviously we got our word “Philippines” by a different route.

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