Gilolo

American  

[jahy-loh-loh, ji-] / dʒaɪˈloʊ loʊ, dʒɪ- /

noun

1. Halmahera.

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Gilolo British  

/ dʒɪ-, dʒaɪˈləʊləʊ /

noun

1. See Halmahera

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Gilolo

In the year forty-five, the said Villalobos went to the island of Nuzo, to the city of Sanuso, to Gilolo, and to Tidori.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 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 Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

The collective name, which the Portuguese write Maluca, and is correctly Maluka, is equally unknown, although said to be that of a place and people of the island of Gilolo.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 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

The ruler, or raja of Tidor was Almanzar, of Ternate Corala; the “king” of Gilolo was Yusef.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

They were ordered to pull for the Gilolo shore, which they did; a rocket fired at them quickening their speed considerably.

From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank

About ten miles to the east is the coast of the large Island of Gilolo, perhaps the most perfect entomological terra incognita now to be found.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James