Culion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Yes, the woman says - in Culion, a 12-hour boat ride away.
From BBC
I have seen in Culion flint-lock muskets in the hands of the guards.
From Project Gutenberg
In Culion, Cuyos and other islands the churches are built within a stone fort, in which the population took refuge when the Moros appeared.
From Project Gutenberg
On the rocky, typhoon-tossed island of Culion, a leprosarium 200 miles southwest of Manila, Bachelor Harold Baar awakes, puts on a pair of shorts and tennis shoes, ties a red bandanna around his neck, cooks his breakfast and gets set for a day's work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baar, a devout Lutheran, first saw the Culion leprosy victims during World War II when he was a coast guardsman stationed at Talampulan, 22 miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
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