Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the central Philippines in the Visayan Islands northwest of Negros. Corn and rice are among its crops.
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- proper noun An
island of thePhilippines , located in theVisayas
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Examples
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It is one hundred leguas in circumference, and has sixteen encomenderos, and fourteen religious of the order of St. Augustine, in six monasteries founded there -- one on the river of Panay, which is in the royal crown lands of your Highness, and the other five monasteries in villages of the encomenderos.
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The town of Arevalo, of which mention is made above, was founded in the island of Panay, which is one of the best islands of this archipelago.
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Antique is located on the island of Panay, which is situated in the west-central part of the Philippine archipelago.
Kiva Loans 2009
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Some, however, waited to sail on the '' Panay '' which sailed on December
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Some, however, waited to sail on the '' Panay '' which sailed on December
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Some, however, waited to sail on the '' Panay '' which sailed on December
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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a lowly barber among them who does not have a Leica or Contax camera with which, until the sinking of the "Panay," they wandered around, photographing the Canal, the islands around the Canal, the coast line, and the topography of the region.
Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare John L. Spivak
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Sitting here pondering the matter, the only point at which I can see the US going to war sooner would be 12 December 1937 when the USS Panay was sunk on the Yangtze River.
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Even the unwarranted attack and sinking by the Japanese of the U.S. gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River, which wounded or killed several sailors, did not deter the peace movement.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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In other islands, such as Panay and Negros, Filipino patriots declared their own independent republics.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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