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 official death toll also includes six crew members of a military helicopter that crashed on Mindanao island, south of Cebu, after it was deployed to assist in relief efforts on Tuesday.

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A Philippine military helicopter deployed to assist Typhoon Kalmaegi relief efforts crashed on Tuesday in northern Mindanao island, a regional command centre said without revealing if there were survivors.

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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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