Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the central Philippines in the Visayan Islands between Panay and Cebu. Sugar cane is important to its economy.
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- proper noun An
island of thePhilippines , located in theVisayas
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Examples
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Honoel Ibardolaza tells a quiet story set in Negros during the Marcos years.
Archive 2003-11-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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American servicemen still missing after an MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea off Apo Island in Negros Oriental province on Feb. 22.
KIA KIA/BNR 2003
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Honoel Ibardolaza tells a quiet story set in Negros during the Marcos years.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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And it all worked out. toiled in Negros, balancing the demands of other books and projects, and coordinated with over the web. went through a gazillion drafts, throwing away pages that did not satisfy him, while working on his thesis. went through the experience of seeing betadine spilled on his finished pages, forcing him to restart - by the way, at 18, he's the youngest of the creatives. juggled producing ANGEL NEXT with all the other things on plate, but managed, somehow. took people to Batangas to look at stuff that pertained to his story.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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And it all worked out. toiled in Negros, balancing the demands of other books and projects, and coordinated with over the web. went through a gazillion drafts, throwing away pages that did not satisfy him, while working on his thesis. went through the experience of seeing betadine spilled on his finished pages, forcing him to restart - by the way, at 18, he's the youngest of the creatives. juggled producing ANGEL NEXT with all the other things on plate, but managed, somehow. took people to Batangas to look at stuff that pertained to his story.
Archive 2003-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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The island called Negros, which has been so called by the Spaniards because in this island there are more than the usual proportion of
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These are, the corregimiento of Panay and Aclan, the rivers and principal settlements of the island; the corregimiento of the island of Negros, which is included in the district of Panay; the alcaldia-mayor of the town of Arebalo (commonly called the alcaldia-mayor of Otong) and including the purveyorship -- the best and most important office of that province.
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The second is the island of Negros, which is absolutely peaceful.
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Tanai is a beautiful and thickly-settled river in the great island called Negros, on the side which forms a strait with the island of
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The council was founded when African-Americans still were called Negros, Hughes said.
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