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Definition of Capital of the Philippines

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of The Philippines

Literary usage of Capital of the Philippines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Observer in the Philippines: Or, Life in Our New Possessions by John Bancroft Devins (1905)
"Baguio is to be the summer capital of the Philippines, and already a large number of Americans are there in the summer. The Rev. JH Staunton is in charge, ..."

2. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1892)
"... perhaps with some exaggeration, that the capital of the Philippines occupied the finest commercial site of any city in the world. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"... Laws of the Indies, and reads as follows: 630] “In the city of Manila, island of Luzon, capital of the Philippines, another audiencia and royal chancery ..."

4. A Decade of American Government in the Philippines, 1903-1913 by David Prescott Barrows (1914)
"The capture and occupation of the capital of the Philippines exerted important influences upon the final terms of peace. The protocol of August 12 had ..."

5. Journal of the American Asiatic Association by American Asiatic Association (1915)
"... the Manila Merchants' Association in the capital of the Philippines; or the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington, whose very able chief. ..."

6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Quezon City has been designated as the future capital of the Philippines, but pending completion of government building projects, the Executive, ..."

7. Transactions and Proceedings of the Second International Library Conference (1898)
"... but books relating to Japan, chiefly acts of Japanese martyrs, continued for some time to be produced at Manila, the capital of the Philippines. ..."

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