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Legaspi
[ luh-gas-pee; Spanish le-gahs-pee ]
noun
- a seaport on southeast Luzon, in the Philippines.
Legaspi
/ lɛˈɡæspɪ /
noun
- a port in the Philippines, on SE Luzon on the Gulf of Albay. Pop: 178 000 (2005 est)
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Example Sentences
He himself, seeing the door opened by Licentiate Legaspi in the case of the other woman, conducted the cause.
An old native named Legaspi once had a splendid shell collection, which he freely exhibited to foreigners.
Legaspi, who took possession of the islands in 1571, built his fleet in Mexico, and also drafted his sailors there.
In the meantime Legaspi had died, and Lavezares was provisionally carrying on the government.
In a letter written by Legaspi in 1567 he alluded, for the first time, to the whole archipelago as the Islas Filipinas.
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