Quezon y Molina

[ key-zon ee moh-lee-nuh, -sohn; Spanish ke-sawn ee maw-lee-nah ]

noun

1. Ma·nuel Luis [mah-, nwel, lwees], 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.

Quezon y Molina

/ keˈθɔn i moˈlina; ˈkeɪzɒn iː mɒˈliːnə /

noun

1. Quezon y MolinaManuel Luis18781944MPhilippinePOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Manuel Luis (maˈnwɛl lwis). 1878–1944, Philippine statesman: first president of the Philippines (from 1935) and head of the government in exile after the Japanese conquest of the islands in World War II

Example Sentences

Only one issue was at stake when some 2,000,000 button-eyed Filipinos went to the polls last week to elect a President: By how big a majority would they return frail, dapper little Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina to office?

From Time Magazine Archive

In an air-raid shelter somewhere in the Philippines, behind Douglas MacArthur's embattled lines, mercurial little Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina was sworn in for his second term as President of the Philippine Commonwealth.

From Time Magazine Archive