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Manila Bay

noun

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet.

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... Zambal, who try to transport on rafts the precious woods of their mountains and to carry on commerce with Manila in their little boats. The Zambal are exposed to attack from the Moros in rounding the point at the entrance of Manila Bay, from which it results that the province is poor and has little ...

— Negritos of Zambales • William Allan Reed

Words linked to "Manila Bay" : Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Spanish War, naval battle, Spanish-American War