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• Cebú
  Cebú

  noun

  an island in the S central Philippines. 1,703 sq. mi. (4,411 sq. km).
• Cebu
  Cebu

  noun

  an island in the central Philippines. Pop: 2 091 602 (latest est). Area: 4422 sq km (1707 sq miles)

Cebú

American  

[se-boo] / sɛˈbu /

noun

1. an island in the S central Philippines. 1,703 sq. mi. (4,411 sq. km).

2. a seaport on this island.

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Cebu British  

/ sɪˈbuː /

noun

1. an island in the central Philippines. Pop: 2 091 602 (latest est). Area: 4422 sq km (1707 sq miles)

2. a port in the Philippines, on E Cebu island. Pop: 796 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

He also composed a copious vocabulary of the languages of the two islands, Panay and Cebú, which are quite distinct.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various

Another lodge was founded in Pandakan, another in Cebú, and still another in Cavite, to which Crisanto Reyes and Maximo Inocencio belonged.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

The capital city, Cebú, was the first in the Archipelago to possess a municipality, and was, in fact, until 1571, the capital of the Philippines.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

Rebellion of the Moros in Joló, and of the natives of Cebú and other provinces, who were oppressed by forced labour in building vessels, and other services.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

Legaspi founds the city of Cebú, with the assistance of the Augustinians.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.