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Mindanao

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Min·da·na·o  (mnd-nä, -nou)
An island of the southern Philippines northeast of Borneo. The Mindanao Sea borders the island on the west.
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Noun1.MindanaoMindanao - the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic
Philippine Islands, Philippines - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
Moro - a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines


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It was almost impossible to remember who he was--only a petty chief of a conveniently isolated corner of Mindanao, where we could in comparative safety break the law against the traffic in firearms and ammunition with the natives.
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