Parañaque

American  

[par-uhnyah-key, -kee, pah-rahnyah-ke] / ˌpærˈənyɑ keɪ, -ki, ˌpɑˈrɑnyɑ kɛ /

noun

1. a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.

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Example Sentences

At the Redemptorist Church in Parañaque City, near Manila, church workers have installed a prominent exhibit of images from the drug war in an effort to raise awareness of its human cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2016

He, however, still remained at Parañaque, directing the campaign till after the capture of San Francisco.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

From there Lachambre with his staff rode over to Parañaque, and reported himself to the Captain-General Polavieja.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

The insurgents occupied Parañaque and Las Piñas on the outskirts of Manila, and when General Blanco had 5,000 fresh troops at his disposal he still refrained from attacking the rebels in their positions.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Returning to Manila in 1598, he became first definitor in 1599, and presided at the provincial chapter in 1602; and labored at Parañaque in 1603, and Tondo in 1605, dying that same year.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 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 Robertson, James Alexander