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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island in the Visayan Islands of central Philippines north of Mindanao in the Bohol Sea. The Bohol Strait separates Bohol from Cebu.
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Specimens of newly discovered marine species found by a joint Filipino-French research project on the island of Panglao in Bohol will be turned over Sunday to the National Museum, the French embassy in Manila said.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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This bishopric includes the island of Bohol, which is in charge of the same fathers.
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South of [that island of] Zubu, between it and Mindanao, is another small one, called Bohol; between Bohol and Matan lie [as already mentioned] many small islands -- uninhabited, except for game; for which reason they contain many deer and wild boars, as is generally true in most of the islands.
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Only this island of Bohol, which is forty leguas in circumference, and the islet of Bacacay belong to the king, our sovereign, in all the territory in charge of the Society.
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I heard that Bea Zobel stays at Amarela when she's in Bohol, which is often.
Blogged! 2008
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The reason for this was disclosed to us after we had sailed about in this archipelago for two months, namely, that the Portuguese who are in the Malucos came to an island called Bohol, where we remained thirty-seven days, and there committed the following mischief: after they had made peace with the natives and given them to understand that they came to trade with them, they called together one day as many natives as they could; and while the latter, thinking themselves safe, were trading with them, the Portuguese gave a war-signal and killed five hundred people, capturing six hundred more whom they took to Maluco as slaves.
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In proportion as it continued to assume its normal state, and commenced to enjoy the peace that it has at the present time, its population continued to increase, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight was more than one hundred thousand souls; in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, the total of its population was increased to one hundred and fifty thousand; at present the island of Bohol, which is a province, has a population of two hundred and sixty thousand souls.
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The next comes from Fr. Joseph Skelton, Jr. and shows a Solemn Mass for the Ascension, offered in one of the oldest churches in his diocese and one of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines; Immaculate Conception Parish, Baclayon, Bohol.
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When the boat returned to the resort we jumped in a motorcycle taxi back to the port, slept a few hours, and caught a ferry to Bohol at dawn.
Matt Gibson: Finding Serendipity: How to Make Your Travels More Exciting Matt Gibson 2010
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When the boat returned to the resort we jumped in a motorcycle taxi back to the port, slept a few hours, and caught a ferry to Bohol at dawn.
Matt Gibson: Finding Serendipity: How to Make Your Travels More Exciting Matt Gibson 2010
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