Meaning Of The Word Corregidor
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Corregidor Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Corregidor?
Corregidor in American English
small fortified island in the Philippines, at the entrance to Manila Bay: in WWII, American-Filipino troops fought on for a month after the fall of Bataan; finally invaded & garrison forced to surrender (May, 1942); recaptured (Feb., 1945) noun: the chief magistrate of a town in Spain Corregidor in British English noun: an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II |
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