Palawan

American  

[pah-lah-wahn] / pɑˈlɑ wɑn /

noun

1. an island in the W Philippines. 5,697 sq. mi. (14,755 sq. km).

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Palawan British  

/ paˈlavan /

noun

1. an island of the SW Philippines between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea: the westernmost island in the country; mountainous and forested. Capital: Puerto Princesa. Pop (Palawan province): 755 412 (2000). Area: 11 785 sq km (4550 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

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Palawan

The ferry had been travelling off the mainland town of Coron, in the Palawan Province, south of Manila.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The ferry, which left from the capital Manila and was headed for the town of Coron, is currently aground on an island in Palawan province.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The counter-landing drill on the island of Palawan also involved artillery, mortars, light armored vehicles and attack drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The convoy will depart the island of Palawan on December 10.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

In the Philippines, the Negritos are tound mainly in Luzón and Panay, and in northeastern Mindanao; in smaller numbers they also inhabit districts in Palawan and Negros, and in some small islands besides.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Edward Gaylord Bourne