bataan (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Bataan*:
NOUN	act	Bataan, Corregidor	the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II

Bataan > pronunciation
Sounds	bahtaa'n
Rhymes	Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan...

English > *Bataan*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The 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.
Synonym	Corregidor
Instance of	siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade	The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	A 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
Region	Philippines, Philippine Islands	An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
Spanish	Corregidor

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