The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Philippines \Philippines\ prop. n.
   An East Asian country occupying the Phillipine Islands.

   Syn: Republic of the Philippines.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. An archipelago off the eastern coast of Asia.

   Syn: Philippine Islands.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Philippines
    n 1: a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence
         from the United States in 1946 [syn: Philippines,
         Republic of the Philippines]
    2: an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some
       7000 islands [syn: Philippines, Philippine Islands]