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Mindanao Deep

American  
[min-duh-nah-oh deep, -nou] / ˌmɪn dəˈnɑ oʊ ˈdip, -ˈnaʊ /

noun

  1. Philippine Trench.

Etymology

Origin of Mindanao Deep

First recorded in 1920–25

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For all the good the Grail was going to do Mallory, it might just as well have been at the bottom of the Mindanao Deep.

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