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Bohol

American  
[baw-hawl] / bɔˈhɔl /

noun

  1. an island in the S central Philippines. 1,492 sq. mi. (3,864 sq. km).


Bohol British  
/ bəʊˈhɔːl /

noun

  1. an island of the central Philippines. Chief town: Tagbilaran. Pop: 1 139 130 (2000). Area: about 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rafaelito Alejandro, deputy administrator at the Office of Civil Defense, told local radio that 387,000 people had been moved from the typhoon's path, while one man was killed by a falling tree in Bohol province.

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

The boat, with 157 passengers and eight crew, had sailed from Ubay, on Bohol.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2022

The ferry, which was carrying eight crew members and 157 passengers, including 15 children, was en route to the eastern province of Leyte from Bohol.

From Seattle Times Jun. 26, 2022

The ferry, which was carrying eight crew members and 157 passengers, including 15 children, was en route to the eastern province of Leyte from Bohol province.

From Washington Post Jun. 26, 2022

In Bohol a somewhat more vigorous variety of samuyao was found which is named “samuyao-sa-amoo.”

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various

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