Bataan

American  

[buh-tan, -tahn, bah-tah-ahn] / bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑn, ˌbɑ tɑˈɑn /

Or Bataán

noun

1. a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942.

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Bataan British  

/ bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑːn /

noun

1. a peninsula in the Philippines, in W Luzon: scene of the surrender of US and Philippine forces to the Japanese during World War II, later retaken by American forces

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Example Sentences

Some of those alerts go to Captain Ehrhart aboard the USS Bataan, and indicate just how long he has to react to an incoming Houthi drone.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

In January, the US and UK also began carrying out air strikes in retaliation, including from the USS Bataan.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Both vessels and the Bataan can support rotary aircraft; the Bataan can also carry and support Marine Corps’ F-35 vertical takeoff fighter aircraft.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the Bataan, another warship, was heading near the coast of Israel and would include a Marine expeditionary unit.

From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023

But he would not be back, so far as those boys in Bataan were concerned, and neither would the soldier boy I’d married.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver