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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

Men of the Americal Division smashed their way onto Ticao and Burias Islands in the Sibuyan Sea, to build a springboard for an eventual jump against the Japanese penned up in Luzon's Bicol Peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea As Kurita's powerful fleet steamed through Palawan Passage toward the Sibuyan Sea early on the morning of Oct.

From Time Magazine Archive