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Manila Bay   /mənˈɪlə beɪ/   Listen
Manila Bay

noun
1.
A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet.





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"Manila bay" Quotes from Famous Books



... and I write this in Manila, with its tropical heat and vegetation, its historic associations, its strange mixture of savage, Spanish, and American influences. The Pasig River, made famous in the war days of '98, flows past my hotel, and beautiful Manila Bay, glittering in the fierce December sunlight, recalls memories of Dewey and our navy. But the moss-green walls about the old Spanish city remind us of days of romance and tragedy more fascinating than any of the events of our own generation. In the days when Spain made conquest of the world ...
— Where Half The World Is Waking Up • Clarence Poe


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