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Philippine Islands

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Noun1.Philippine IslandsPhilippine Islands - an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
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
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
Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world
Tagalog - a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila


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