BATAN ISLANDS

Meaning of BATAN ISLANDS in English

/beuh tahn", bah-/

a group of islands in the N Philippines. 12,091; 76 sq. mi. (197 sq. km). Also called Batanes /bah tah"nes/ .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BATAN ISLANDS — chain of 14 islands in the Philippines, about 190 miles (310 km) north of Luzon in the Luzon Strait. Their …
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BATAN — bəˈtän noun ( plural batan or batans ) Usage: usually capitalized : ivatan
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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ISLANDS — Острова
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ISLANDS — Архипелаг
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ISLANDS — Chile
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS, HISTORY OF — history of the islands from prehistoric times to the end of colonial rule in the period after World War II. …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
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P'ENG-HU ISLANDS — P'eng-hu also spelled Penghu, Chinese (Wade-Giles) P'eng-hu Ch'n-tao, or P'eng-hu Lieh-taoconventional Pescadores archipelago and hsien (county) of Taiwan, consisting of …
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS — also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United …
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago), island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively part of Ecuador. …
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FRISIAN ISLANDS — low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend …
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CAYMAN ISLANDS — British colony in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 …
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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — Aleutian Islands chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean …
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YOUTH — batan'on;kabataan;mga batan'on;pagka'batan'on
English-Visayan vocabulary
YOUNG — bata;batan'on;batan-on
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LASS — batan 'ong babaye;dalagita
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LAD — bata'ng lalaki;batan'ong lalaki;bayong
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JUVENILE — batan-on;pambata;sa mga bata
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LUZON STRAIT — Passage between northern Luzon, Philippines, and southern Taiwan. Connecting the China Sea on the west with the Philippine Sea on …
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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
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IVATAN — |ēvə|tän noun ( plural ivatan or ivatans ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: native name in the Batan Islands 1. a. …
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POLYNESIA — ethnogeographic grouping of islands scattered across a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex …
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PHILIPPINES, FLAG OF THE — national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of blue and red with a white hoist triangle incorporating a golden sun and …
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PHILIPPINES — officially Republic of the Philippines, Pilipino Republika g Pilipinas archipelago of about 7,100 islands and islets lying about 500 miles …
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OUTER HEBRIDES — islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the …
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES — Dutch Nederlandse Antillen, five islands in the Caribbean Sea, an autonomous part of The Netherlands since 1954. The islands are …
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MICRONESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of those Pacific Islands grouped as Micronesia. The islands include Kiribati (formerly …
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MICRONESIA — officially Federated States of Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and …
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MELANESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of those indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands grouped as Melanesia. The islands include (generally from …
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LUZON STRAIT — strait extending for more than 200 miles (320 km) between the islands of Taiwan (north) and Luzon, Philippines (south). It …
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LAKSHADWEEP — formerly (195673) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India. It is a group of some two dozen islands …
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FRENCH POLYNESIA — officially Territory of French Polynesia, French Territoire de la Polynsie Franaise collection of island groups and overseas territory of France …
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DODECANESE — Modern Greek Dhodheknisos, group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey, and constituting the noms …
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BAHAMAS, THE — officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, archipelago and state on the northwestern edge of the West Indies. The group occupies an …
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BABUYAN ISLANDS — island group of the Philippines that is a northerly extension of the Philippine archipelago. The Babuyan Islands lie in the …
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ALA SHAN DESERT — southernmost portion of the Gobi (desert), occupying about 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 square km) in north-central China. Covering portions of …
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ISLAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an island chain ▪ the island chain from Asia to Australasia desert island traffic island …
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ISLAND — n. Holy Island Sandalwood Island Alcatraz Island Alexander Island Anticosti Island Baffin Island Banks Island Bathurst Island Block Island Cape …
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LUZON STRAIT — Passage between northern Luzon, Philippines, and southern Taiwan. Connecting the China Sea on the west with the Philippine Sea on …
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ОСТРОВ — island; (в географических названиях и поэт. тж.) isle (of) island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на …
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ОСТРОВ — муж. island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на остров — поэт. enisle большой остров — ( …
Русско-Английский краткий словарь по общей лексике
ОСТРОВ — муж. island isle поэт. превращать в остров – поэт. enisle поместить на остров – поэт. enisle большой остров – (среди …
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