Bataan

or Ba·taán

[ buh-tan, -tahn; locally bah-tah-ahn ]

noun

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

Bataan

/ -ˈtɑːn; bəˈtæn /

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