Masbate

[ mahs-bah-tuh ]

noun

1. one of the central islands of the Philippines. 1,262 sq. mi. (3,269 sq. km).
2. a city on this island.

Masbate

/ mæsˈbɑːtɪ /

noun

1. an island in the central Philippines, between Negros and SE Luzon: agricultural, with resources of gold, copper, and manganese. Pop (Masbate province): 707 668 (2000). Area: 4045 sq km (1562 sq miles)
2. the capital of this island, a port in the northeast. Pop: 71 441 (2000)

Example Sentences

A couple of years afterwards he was shipwrecked going round the coast on the Masbate.

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Towards evening our captain thought that the sky appeared very threatening, so he made for the bay of Navo, of Masbate.

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He was anchored under the lee of a small island in the sea between Panay and Masbate.

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Masbate, the largest, has traces of gold and some fine copper mines, but the gold has never paid well.

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Masbate is sixty leguas from Manila, in a latitude lying between twelve and thirteen degrees.

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