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Definition: Manila Bay |
Manila BayNoun1. A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Manila Bay is the harbor which serves the port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. The entrance is 19 km wide and expands to a width of 48 km. Mariveles is an anchorage just inside the northern entrance and Sangley Point is the former location of Cavite Naval Base.On either side of the bay are volcanic peaks topped with tropical foliage. 40km to the north is the Bataan Peninsula and to the south is Cavite Province.
Manila Bay. 40km away is the Bataan Peninsula
Larger version of poor quality photoAcross the entrance to Manila Bay are several islands. The largest is Corregidor, which is 3km from Bataan and, along with the island of Caballo, separates the entrance into the northern and southern channels. In the south channel is El Fraile and outside the entrance, and to the south, is Carabao.
To the immediate north and south are additional harbors.
See also: Geography of the Philippines
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Manila Bay."
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Movie/TV Titles | Battle of Manila Bay (1898) | |
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 | In Manila Bay, circa 1898-1899. Credit: NAVY. |  | On the balcony of the U.S. Embassy, Manila, while serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines in 1952-55. Several Japanese ships, sunk in Manila Bay during World War II, are visible in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Enlisted aircrewmen are briefed in their ready room, 4 November 1944, prior to an air strike on Manila Bay the following morning. Credit: NAVY. |  | Flight Deck Officer on USS Hancock (CV-19) waves the "take-off" flag at a SB2C "Helldiver" bomber, during strikes on Manila Bay, 25 November 1944. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898. He was then serving aboard USS Petrel. Halftone image, published in Deeds of Valor, Vol.II, page 353, by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1907. Credit: NAVY. |  | Rena Cristina, Manila Bay. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Transports lying in Manila Bay. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S.S. Raleigh, Spanish gun captured at Battle of Manila Bay. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Society of Manila Bay certificate. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The great naval battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1st, 1898, 5:30 A.M. till 12:50 P.M. (noon). Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Philippines | Following Admiral Dewey's defeat of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, the United States occupied the Philippines. (references) |
Philippines | The most important of these began in 1896 under the leadership of Emilio Aguinaldo and continued until the Americans defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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manila bay battle of | 5 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-i-l-m-n-y" | |
-2 letters: amiably. | |
-3 letters: animal, baalim, bayman, lamina, layman, mainly, manila, nimbly. | |
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-5 letters: ably, alan, alba, alma, amia, amin, amyl, anal, anil, ayin, baal, bail, balm, bani, bima, blam, blin, iamb, inby. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-i-l-m-n-y" | |
+4 letters: manageability. | |
+5 letters: cyanocobalamin. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 69 6C 61 42 61 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01101100 01100001 00100000 01000010 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n i l a   B a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0069 006C 0061 0042 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767807578672366791 |
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