Gilolo

American  

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

noun

1. Halmahera.

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Gilolo British  

/ dʒaɪˈləʊləʊ, dʒɪ- /

noun

1. See Halmahera

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Gilolo

He recommends the abandonment of the Spanish posts in Gilolo.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 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 James Alexander Robertson

Similarly, in the Malay Archipelago, the natives of Gilolo change the colours of another parrot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

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 Frank Marryat

Driven from Mindanao by lack of food and hostility of the natives, Villalobos was blown southward by storms to Gilolo.

From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

This Archipelago properly speaking, comprises the Islands of Gilolo, Ternate, Tidor, Mornay, Batchian, and Misal; but the Banda and Amboyna groups are also often comprehended under the general name of Molucca.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh