Davao

American  

[dah-vou, dah-vou] / dɑˈvaʊ, ˈdɑ vaʊ /

noun

1. a seaport on SE Mindanao, in the S Philippines.

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Davao British  

/ daˈvaːo /

noun

1. a port in the S Philippines, in SE Mindanao. Pop: 1 326 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

In one video posted by a primary school in Davao Occidental province, dozens of terrified students can be seen squatting on the shaking ground.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Sara served as vice-mayor to her father when he led Davao city in the 2010s.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Former Philippine justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, who served as lawyer for Duterte in cases involving the so-called Davao Death Squad, is also among the eight men named.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

In May last year, Duterte was elected mayor of Davao city despite being in prison.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

On hearing of the cession of the gulf of Davao by the sultan to the Spaniards, he visited that region.

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