Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any
opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The action of the Spanish authorities in giving titles as captains and lieutenants to Christians makes such persons the real datos of the island and weakens the hereditary allegiance.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the
islands and their peoples, their history and records of
the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books
and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial
and religious conditions of those islands from their
earliest relations with European nations to the close of
the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700
by Various
The datos Linao and Libot of Joló, and Sacahati of Tawi-Tawi, with thirteen vessels, scoured the coasts of Bohol, Leyte, and Masbate.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
by Blair, Emma Helen
By treaty with the Moro datos, they secured the cession of the island of Balanbangan, off the north coast of Borneo.
From
A History of the Philippines
by Barrows, David P.
It is as follows: Customs of the Tagalogs This people always had chiefs, called by them datos, who governed them and were captains in their wars, and whom they obeyed and reverenced.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55
1588-1591
Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
by Robertson, James Alexander
Kabunsuan is supposed to be descended from Mohammed through his Arab father, Ali, and so the datos of Maguindanao to the present day proudly believe that in their veins flows the blood of the Prophet.
From
A History of the Philippines
by Barrows, David P.
