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Sibuyan Sea

American  
[see-boo-yahn] / ˌsi buˈyɑn /

noun

  1. a sea in the Philippines S of Luzon and E of Mindanao: site of U.S.-Japan naval battle 1944.


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In 2015, US billionaire Paul Allen located the wreck of the Musashi, one of the two largest Japanese warships ever built, in the Philippines' Sibuyan Sea.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

A smaller typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, causing power outages in several provinces before weakening into a severe tropical storm as it moved west-northwest over the Sibuyan Sea.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

The weather bureau said late Tuesday afternoon that Coson had weakened into a severe tropical storm as it moved west-northwestward over the Sibuyan Sea.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

Over the Sibuyan Sea in the central Philippines, two long-haired young Filipinos last week barged into the cockpit of a BAC-One-Eleven jet bound from Manila to the southern island of Mindanao.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alerted by the submarines' contact reports, Bull Halsey ordered his carriers to launch air strikes against Kurita'and opened the Battle of Sibuyan Sea on Oct.

From Time Magazine Archive

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