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Gilolo

[ jahy-loh-loh, ji- ]

noun



Gilolo

/ dʒɪ-; dʒaɪˈləʊləʊ /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

In the latter he is content with factories and barter, without keeping any fortified posts; in the former, he maintains the forts of Malayo, Toloco, Tacubo, Malaca, Tacome, Marieco, Motir, Nofagia, Tafacen, Tabelole, Bermevelt, Tabori, Gilolo, Amboino, Lagu, Maruco, Mozovia, Belgio, Bantan, and Hermosa Island.

The ruler, or raja of Tidor was Almanzar, of Ternate Corala; the “king” of Gilolo was Yusef.

Driven from Mindanao by lack of food and hostility of the natives, Villalobos was blown southward by storms to Gilolo.

Similarly, in the Malay Archipelago, the natives of Gilolo change the colours of another parrot.

Gilolo—Mixed Papuans; Indonesians in the north.

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Gilman, Charlotte P.Gilroy