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Definition of Bataan
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Beleaguering, Besieging, Military Blockade, Siege
Group relationships: Second World War, World War 2, World War Ii
Geographical relationships: Philippine Islands, Philippines
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bataan
Literary usage of Bataan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippines and the Far East by Homer Clyde Stuntz (1904)
"... left the people in a state of constant fear, and finally begot within them a
hatred which nothing can ever allay. CATHOLIC CHURCH AT ORANI, Bataan. ..."
2. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: July ‘90 Earthquake & June ‘91 by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"The Bataan orogen is a line of recent volcanoes bordering the ophiolitic sequence
on the inner ... The Bataan Lineament also includes the extinct volcanoes ..."
3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"(1810) 194; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 442. LUZON, Province of Bataan, ...
LUZON, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (3203 Merrill) October, ..."
4. Primary Geography by Henry Schuler Townsend, Elizabeth J. Marshall (1917)
"Zambales and Bataan. —West of the Central Plain are the Zambales Mountains, and
the two provinces of Zambales and Bataan. Most of the mountains in these two ..."
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