Baguio

[bah-gee-oh, bah-gyaw]

noun

1. a city on western Luzon, in the northern Philippines: summer capital. 4,961 feet (1,512 meters) high.

Baguio

/ ˈbæɡɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. a city in the N Philippines, on N Luzon: summer capital of the Republic. Pop: 287 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Fontanilla’s Filipino heritage comes from her father, Frank Fontanilla, who was born in Baguio City.

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“Baguio Fruit” and dozens more trapuntos, among other works, are the subject of “Pacita Abad,” the first retrospective of the artist in the world.

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Marcos spoke to reporters in the northern resort city of Baguio where he delivered a speech before cadets and former graduates of the Philippine Military Academy and repeated a vow to defend the country’s territory amid a new territorial spat with China.

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He also felt that crime and corruption was rising in Manila and even in Baguio, and although he enjoyed living there, he was uncertain about gaining, or even wanting, asylum.

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Life in Baguio City, about 130 miles from Manila, was somewhat more exotic than Tokyo.

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