Legaspi

[ luh-gas-pee; Spanish le-gahs-pee ]

noun

1. a seaport on southeast Luzon, in the Philippines.

Legaspi

/ lɛˈɡæspɪ /

noun

1. a port in the Philippines, on SE Luzon on the Gulf of Albay. Pop: 178 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

He himself, seeing the door opened by Licentiate Legaspi in the case of the other woman, conducted the cause.

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An old native named Legaspi once had a splendid shell collection, which he freely exhibited to foreigners.

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Legaspi, who took possession of the islands in 1571, built his fleet in Mexico, and also drafted his sailors there.

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In the meantime Legaspi had died, and Lavezares was provisionally carrying on the government.

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In a letter written by Legaspi in 1567 he alluded, for the first time, to the whole archipelago as the Islas Filipinas.

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