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Negros

American  
[ney-grohs, ne-graws] / ˈneɪ groʊs, ˈnɛ grɔs /

noun

  1. an island of the central Philippines. 5,043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).


Negros British  
/ ˈneɣrɔs, ˈneɪɡrəʊs /

noun

  1. an island of the central Philippines, one of the Visayan Islands. Capital: Bacolod. Pop: 3 700 000 (2000 est). Area: 12 704 sq km (4904 sq miles)

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On neighbouring Negros Island, where at least 30 people were killed, Kalmaegi's driving rain loosened volcanic mudflow that buried homes in Canlaon City, police Lieutenant Stephen Polinar told AFP on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

Aside from Mayon, officials were closely monitoring Taal volcano south of Manila and Mount Kanlaon on central Negros island due to renewed signs of restiveness.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Edmund Villavicencio, an arms buyer with the Negros Sports Exchange Guns and Ammo group in Bacolod City, Philippines, said his country recently loosened gun ownership restrictions amid concerns about threats of military expansion by China,

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

The next day, we took a hike, called the Mistérios Negros, that was just as unusual.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Still they were drifting steadily, with the island of Panay some thirty miles to their right, Negros to their left, its shores, diverging from their course, farther and farther away.

From Caybigan by Hopper, James