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It was named after a king named King Phillip. It is in the group of islands called Indonesia in the east.

It was once part of a battle during WWII, and the Japanese were trying to conquer that group of islands.

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During an expedition to the islands, Ruy Lopez de Villalobo named them the "Phillipines" after his King Phillip II of Spain.

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