Ladrone Islands
Britishplural noun
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Half-hour later, as the liner scudded over swampy Chinese delta lands, eleven Japanese planes came tearing in from the direction of the Ladrone Islands, and Pilot Woods promptly ducked into a cloud.
From Time Magazine Archive
We remained a week or more, however, after killing the last huge whale which had cost us so much trouble, without seeing another, when the captain determined to steer for the Ladrone Islands.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by James Durden
The Ladrone Islands were passed on January 9, 1565, and on the 13th of the following month the Philippines were sighted.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
From Cape San Lucas Cavendish steered across the Pacific, seeing no land until he reached the Ladrone Islands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Water is carried in the Ladrone Islands in bamboos, the divisions being cut out, and the whole bamboo filled with water and carried on the shoulder.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett
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