Culion
[ koo-lyawn ]
noun
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
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How to use Culion in a sentence
The colony at Culion was opened in 1906 with five hundred patients.
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines | Isabel AndersonThey had seen the streak of smoke, and slipping behind the island of Coron had gone around Culion, and so on, home.
Anting-Anting Stories | Sargent KaymeMore than eight thousand have been transferred to Culion in all, and to-day every known leper in the Philippines is there.
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines | Isabel AndersonI have seen in Culion flint-lock muskets in the hands of the guards.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines | Frederic H. Sawyer
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