Definition of Mindanao

1. Noun. The second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic.

Group relationships: Philippine Islands, Philippines
Generic synonyms: Island
Member holonyms: Moro

Definition of Mindanao

1. Proper noun. An island of the Philippines ¹

2. Proper noun. One of the three island groups in the Philippines ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mindanao

Mimosa sensitiva
Mimosaceae
Mimosoideae
Mimus
Mimus polyglotktos
MinGW
Min Min lights
Min Nan
Min dialect
Minamata Bay
Minamata disease
Minangkabau
Minas Gerais
Minato Ohashi Bridge
Minch
Mindanao (current term)
Minden
Mindoro
Mindy
Mineralnye Vody
Minerva
Minerva jacket
Ming dynasty
Mingo
Mingrelian
Mingrelians
Mini
MiniDisc
MiniDiscs

Literary usage of Mindanao

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty by John Hawkesworth (1775)
"AFTER leaving Mindanao, I flood to the weft- ward for the ... but that while we were nearer to Mindanao than Celebes, it ran rather towards the north than ..."

2. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"He remained in Mindanao twelve years, often acting as ambassador of the governors to ... (Retana and Pastells'* ed. of Hut. de Mindanao, ..."

3. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines, is just beaten by a ... Mindanao, with over 40000 square miles, is as large as Cuba and a little ..."

4. The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic Henry Read Sawyer (1900)
"THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF Mindanao, 1899. Relapse into savagery—Moros the great danger—Visayas the mainstay—Confederation of Lake Lanao—Recall of the ..."

5. History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney (1891)
"June the 2nd, they sailed from Guahan for the island Mindanao. The weather was uncertain : " the westerly winds were not as yet in strength, ..."

6. The Philippine Islands and Their People: A Record of Personal Observation by Dean Conant Worcester (1898)
"There is nothing attractive about the reputation of the Moros of Mindanao, but the inhabitants of the village which we proposed to visit were reported to be ..."

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