philippine islands
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1. an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | cebu, |
| definition | : | one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | luzon, |
| definition | : | the main island of the Philippines (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mindanao, |
| definition | : | the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mindoro, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island in the central Philippines (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | tagalog, |
| definition | : | a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | bataan, corregidor, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | leyte, leyte invasion, leyte island, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
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