Butuan

[ buh-too-ahn ]

noun

1. a city in the Philippines, on NE Mindanao.

Example Sentences

In Butuan he worked for four years, where he converted three thousand people and erected three convents.

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On the contrary, he diverted them, and leaving them to forget it, descended to the convent of Butuan.

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There are gold mines in the island of Manila, and on the river of Butuan in the island of Mindanao.

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The Butuan chief went on shore and explained that the expedition brought people of peace who sought provisions.

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The reduction of Butuan was not assured, with the visits made at long intervals.

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