Cavite

American  

[kah-vee-te, kuh-] / kɑˈvi tɛ, kə- /

noun

1. a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.

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Cavite British  

/ kəˈviːtɪ, -teɪ /

noun

1. a port in the N Philippines, in S Luzon on Manila Bay: a former US naval base. Pop: 109 000 (2005 est)

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Cavite

In the northern city of Cavite, volunteers cooked locally popular binagoongang baboy for evacuees of a massive residential fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

Mr. Aguirre joined another newly elected Philippine mayor, Alston Kevin Anarna of Silang, a city of 296,000 in the province of Cavite, in dictating smiles all around.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

Police-enforced curfews in the capital region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal were expanded to 11 hours starting at 6 p.m. to keep people off the streets.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2021

By late afternoon, Goni was spotted moving towards Batangas and Cavite provinces, south of the capital Manila, where residents could experience “destructive winds and intense rainfall” by night time, the weather bureau said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2020

On the 24th of June the members of our Expedition went on board the small steamer plying to Cavite, where lay the frigate, on board which all necessary preparations had been made.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von