Negros

American  

[ney-grohs, ne-graws] / ˈneɪ groʊs, ˈnɛ grɔs /

noun

1. an island of the central Philippines. 5,043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).

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Negros British  

/ ˈneɣrɔs, ˈneɪɡrəʊs /

noun

1. an island of the central Philippines, one of the Visayan Islands. Capital: Bacolod. Pop: 3 700 000 (2000 est). Area: 12 704 sq km (4904 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

On neighbouring Negros Island, where at least 30 people were killed, Kalmaegi's driving rain loosened volcanic mudflow that buried homes in Canlaon City, police Lieutenant Stephen Polinar told AFP on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

Officials also were closely monitoring Taal Volcano south of Manila and Mount Kanlaon on central Negros island due to renewed signs of restiveness.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Edmund Villavicencio, an arms buyer with the Negros Sports Exchange Guns and Ammo group in Bacolod City, Philippines, said his country recently loosened gun ownership restrictions amid concerns about threats of military expansion by China,

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

“Typhoons usually reached the Negros area only once in 10 to 15 years before, but now every four or five years a typhoon hits Apo.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Distribution of These Peoples.—All through the central islands, Panay, Negros, Leyte, Samar, Marinduque, and northern Mindanao, are the Bisaya, the largest of these peoples.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.