philippine islands
Noun
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An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands (synset 109002670)
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- 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 watermember holonym: tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manilahas:- 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 worldsame as: philippines
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