Parañaque

American  

[par-uhnyah-kay, -kee, pah-rahnyah-ke] / ˌpærˈənjɑ keɪ, -ki, ˌpɑˈrɑnjɑ kɛ /

noun

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

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Parañaque

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

If they wish us to recognize them in Cavite, let them recognize our rights in Parañaque.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester

The same seems to me to be true of Cavite and Parañaque, of which the priest whom I have there shall have charge.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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 James Alexander Robertson

The landing of American troops at Parañaque and their going into camp near that town on July 15 caused much excitement, and a lively interchange of telegrams between Insurgent officers followed.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester

They also intend to encamp over here at Parañaque.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester

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