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Cebu   /sibˈu/   Listen
Cebu

noun
1.
An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines.  Synonym: Cebu City.
2.
One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor.



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"Cebu" Quotes from Famous Books



... Philippines to investigate the need for such appropriation, and to report it, with other information, to the king. Pedro de Arce, who has been ruler ad interim of the archdiocese of Manila, notifies the king (October 17, 1635) of his return to his own bishopric of Cebu; and of his entrusting to the Jesuits the spiritual care of the natives of Mindanao, where the Spanish fortress of Zamboanga has been recently established. He asks the king to confirm this, and to send them more missionaries ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36 • Various


Words linked to "Cebu" :   Philippines, metropolis, Cebu City, Cebuan, Republic of the Philippines, island, urban center, Philippine Islands, city


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