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Culion

American  
[koo-lyawn] / kuˈljɔn /

noun

  1. 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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Yes, the woman says - in Culion, a 12-hour boat ride away.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2023

From Lutheran groups in Missouri he got an appointment to Culion, sailed for the Philippines with a jeep, a garden tractor and a plow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Further impetus was given, last week, to Governor General Leonard Wood's plea for $1,000,000 for the leper colony on the Island of Culion, the Philippines.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a commandeered Government vessel, he went from port to port, herded the wretches on board, took them to Culion.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had seen the streak of smoke, and slipping behind the island of Coron had gone around Culion, and so on, home.

From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent

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