Bataan

Ba·taan

[buh-tan, -tahn; locally bah-tah-ahn]
noun
a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942.
Also, Ba·taán.
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Bataan (bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑːn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a peninsula in the Philippines, in W Luzon: scene of the surrender of US and Philippine forces to the Japanese during World War II, later retaken by American forces

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