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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the east-central Philippines in the Visayan group north of Mindanao. It was sighted in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in World War II, at which the American forces experienced the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The return of U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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In Leyte province, there are 1,594 Pangulong Gloria scholars; 318 in Biliran; 407 in Southern Leyte; 544 in Samar; 1,242 in Eastern Samar and 1,671 in Northern Samar.
President Arroyo Scholarship boosts employability in Eastern Visayas 2009
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In Leyte province, there are 1,594 Pangulong Gloria scholars; 318 in Biliran; 407 in Southern Leyte; 544 in Samar; 1,242 in Eastern Samar and 1,671 in Northern Samar.
President Arroyo Scholarship boosts employability in Eastern Visayas 2009
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After 56 days of biking around the country, home at last, on Sunday DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal arrived in Surigao City from Liloan in Southern Leyte Sunday, a day ahead of schedule and is resting and doing laundry work today, Day 50 of his 56-day bicycle journey nationwide "for life and peace."
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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After 56 days of biking around the country, home at last, on Sunday DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal arrived in Surigao City from Liloan in Southern Leyte Sunday, a day ahead of schedule and is resting and doing laundry work today, Day 50 of his 56-day bicycle journey nationwide "for life and peace."
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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After 56 days of biking around the country, home at last, on Sunday DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal arrived in Surigao City from Liloan in Southern Leyte Sunday, a day ahead of schedule and is resting and doing laundry work today, Day 50 of his 56-day bicycle journey nationwide "for life and peace."
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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After 56 days of biking around the country, home at last, on Sunday DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) - Redemptorist priest Amado "Picx" Picardal arrived in Surigao City from Liloan in Southern Leyte Sunday, a day ahead of schedule and is resting and doing laundry work today, Day 50 of his 56-day bicycle journey nationwide "for life and peace."
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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He joins us by phone from Leyte, which is just about 300 miles south of the capital, Manila.
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It is brought from the vicinity of the volcanoes in Bisayas: the best is said to come from Leyte, which is worth about one and a quarter dollar per pecul.
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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The Jesuits extend their labors to Leyte, which island is described by Chirino; he praises the hospitality and fraternal feeling which prevail among its people.
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The storm, named Banyan, was expected to make landfall in southern Leyte province on the country's eastern coast on Wednesday.
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