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Menado

[ me-nah-doh ]

noun

  1. a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.


Menado

/ mɛˈnɑːdəʊ /

noun

  1. a port in NE Indonesia, on NE Sulawesi: founded by the Dutch in 1657. Pop: 372 887 (2000)
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Among the four-and-twenty scholars here, we saw sons of native princes of Java, Palembang, Celebes, Amboina, Ceram, Sumatra, and Borneo, who intended following up the profession; and it is worthy of remark that two natives of Menado in the island of Celebes of the 190savage cannibal race of the Alfuras, were pointed out to us as among the most apt and docile of the scholars!

It was circumnavigated by one of their vessels in 1525, and the general outline of the coasts is correctly given in their maps at a time when separate portions of Celebes, such as Macassar and Menado, are represented as distinct islands.

Morotai, scene of a U.S. amphibious assault in World War II's South Pacific island-hopping campaign, was captured from the rebels; Gorontalo in the Celebes was seized; government planes made five bombing raids on the rebel capital of Menado without suffering any loss.

They silenced transmitters�at least temporarily�at Menado in the Celebes, Padang and Bukittinggi in Sumatra.

From Zamboanga, in the southern Philippines, last week came word that during March and April some 20 transport planes had touched down at the dirt airport to refuel and continue on their way to or from rebel-held Menado.

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