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Calapan

American  
[kah-lah-pahn] / ˌkɑ lɑˈpɑn /

noun

  1. a seaport on NE Mindoro, in the central Philippines.


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On Saturday in Calapan, Marcos wore a large bandage on his left hand and adhesive strips on his right.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just two mornings before July 4, the first anniversary of Philippine independence, the citizens of Calapan, capital of Mindoro province, awoke to find their town invaded and occupied by local revolutionists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Calapan, the capital of Mindoro, was in Spanish days known as "the white man's grave" on account of the prevalence of "pernicious fever" there.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester

To clear these, the northern Silonai islet should not be shut out by Point Calapan.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead

The capital of the province, Calapan, is a coast town.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead

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