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Pasay

American

[pah-sahy] / ˈpɑ saɪ /

noun

a city in E Philippines, on Manila Bay, on E Luzon.

Pasay British

/ ˈpɑːsaɪ /

noun

Also called: Rizal. a city in the Philippines, on central Luzon just south of Manila, on Manila Bay. Pop: 364 000 (2005 est)

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State-owned China Communications Construction Co. has said that one of its subsidiaries, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd., is involved in a project that includes building three artificial islands in the bay near suburban Pasay city.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Philippine Senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao reads his briefing materials as he prepares for the Senate session in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines September 20, 2016.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2021

Loretta Mendoza was born in Pasay City, in the Philippines, to parents who had fled by foot into the countryside to escape the Japanese occupation during World War II, at times eating roots to survive.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2020

Elizabeth has just had her baby, a boy she’s called Franc Dominic, and I’ve gone to Pasay to see them.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2018

Pasay, near Manila, and Bauang, in Batangas, furnish a leaf most highly appreciated.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

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