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

After months patrolling the waters close to the Persian Gulf, the tens of thousands of troops on board the USS Bataan were about to finish their tour of duty.

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

The Bataan could play a key role in any evacuation.

From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023

The deployment of thousands of Marines and sailors consists of both the USS Bataan and the USS Carter Hall, a landing ship.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 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