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Volume 6 · 65 words · 1860 Edition

a fortified seaport-town, capital of a province of the same name in the island of Luzon, Philippines, on a tongue of land in the bay, and nine miles south of the city of Manilla. It is the head naval depot of the Spanish possessions in the East, and has an arsenal, hospital, and several churches and convents. It was formerly of considerable importance. Pop. 5000.