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Culion

American  
[koo-lyawn] / kuˈlyɔn /

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

Culion was made an issue, and the Filipino Legislature cut the Culion appropriations by one-third.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chief experiments will be conducted on the Philippines pest island of Culion, where Dr. H. Windsor Wade has charge of 5,200 lepers.

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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