HyperDic: corregidor

English > 1 sense of the word Corregidor:
NOUNactCorregidor, Bataanthe peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II
Corregidor > pronunciation
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English > Corregidor: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945.
SynonymBataan
Instance ofsiege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockadeThe action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
RegionPhilippines, Philippine IslandsAn archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
SpanishCorregidor

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