Mindanao

[min-duh-nah-oh, -nou, meen-dah-nou]

noun

1. the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the group. 36,537 sq. mi. (94,631 sq. km).

Mindanao

/ ˌmɪndəˈnaʊ /

noun

1. the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the archipelago: mountainous and volcanic. Chief towns: Davao, Zamboanga. Pop: 13 626 338 (2000). Area: (including offshore islands) 94 631 sq km (36 537 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The Philippine seismology office has recorded more than 800 aftershocks since the first quake struck Mindanao, which is riddled by major faults.

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Along came Rodrigo Duterte, a swaggering ruffian from the southern island of Mindanao, whose 1998 psychological assessment concluded he had a “pervasive tendency to demean, humiliate others and violate their rights.”

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He cultivated an image of a tough-talking and anti-establishment man of the masses, endearing him to Filipinos who elected him as the country's first president from the southern island of Mindanao.

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Elliot Eastman, an American living in the Philippines who was shot and abducted from the island of Mindanao in October, was most likely killed by his kidnappers, the Philippine National Police said on Thursday.

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Heavy monsoon rains have pounded parts of Mindanao on and off for weeks, causing landslides and flooding that have forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters.

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