Quezon y Molina

American

[key-zon ee moh-lee-nuh, -sohn, ke-sawn ee maw-lee-nah] / ˈkeɪ zɒn i moʊˈli nə, -soʊn, ˈkɛ sɔn i mɔˈli nɑ /

noun

Manuel Luis 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.

Quezon y Molina British

/ keˈθɔn i moˈlina, ˈkeɪzɒn iː mɒˈliːnə /

noun

Manuel Luis (maˈnwɛl lwis). 1878–1944, Philippine statesman: first president of the Philippines (from 1935) and head of the government in exile after the Japanese conquest of the islands in World War II

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In an air-raid shelter somewhere in the Philippines, behind Douglas MacArthur's embattled lines, mercurial little Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina was sworn in for his second term as President of the Philippine Commonwealth.

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