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Dumaguete

American  
[doo-mah-ge-te] / ˌdu mɑˈgɛ tɛ /

noun

  1. a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.


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When Pfeiffer was 10, his parents took over the music program at Silliman University, a Presbyterian school in Dumaguete, the Philippines.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024

He rents a house in Dumaguete, a coastal town on the Philippine island of Negros, where an active volcano leaks steam into the tropical sky.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 25, 2012

To get to their rental home from Dumaguete airport, you hire a Philippine tricycle, which is basically a motorcycle pulling a rickshaw.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 25, 2012

Still it gets lonely in Dumaguete, 7,400 miles and nine time zones west of PGA West and 5,000 miles west of Honolulu's Waialae Country Club, another course he played with his father.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 25, 2012

Such is the story of Catalina, Since that time Dumaguete has been safe from the Moros.

From Philippine Folklore Stories by Miller, John Maurice