philippine islands

Noun
  1. An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands (synset 109002670)
    domain member region:
    • bataan, corregidor - the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
    • leyte, leyte invasion, leyte island - a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    member holonym: tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
    has:
    • cebu - one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor
    • luzon - the main island of the Philippines
    • mindanao - the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic
    • mindoro - a mountainous island in the central Philippines
    • philippines, republic of the philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
    • bisayas, visayan islands - group of islands in the central Philippines
    is a part of: pacific, pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world
    same as: philippines

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