López de Legazpe

Also López de Le·gaspi

[law-peth the le-gahth-pe, law-pes the le-gahs-pe]

noun

1. Miguel 1510?–72, Spanish conqueror and colonizer of the Philippines 1565: founder of Manila 1571.

Example Sentences

It was so called from the image of the child Jesus which was found by the adelantado Miguel Lopez de Legazpe in the Indian settlement in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-five.

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