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Luzon

Luzon

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The largest island in the Philippines, in the north, with the most people
  • proper noun
  • /luˈzɒn/
: Luzón
  • And there were agents that were in Luzon essentially waiting for him.

And there were agents that were in Luzon essentially waiting for him.

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Examples

  • It's in north of Luzon in the Philippines.

    Danny Jones

  • Luzon is a large skull-shaped island in the Philippine archipelago.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • To take Luzon would demand heavier losses than we can stand.

    MacArthur (1977)

  • People who were said to live in Manila could live in fact anywhere in the northern island of Luzon or even in its vicinity.

    Academic text (1995)

  • During this period, a man with a camera roamed the mountains of the high Cordilleras range in northern Luzon.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • From Luzon, I can clamp a blockade on all supplies from the south to Japan, thus forcing her to an early capitulation.

    MacArthur (1977)

  • General MacArthur could then move into Luzon and recapture Manila after my forces have taken Formosa.

    MacArthur (1977)

  • By the first of June, Japanese resistance on Luzon was reduced to rear guard delaying actions, and Marines on Okinawa had cleared about half the Naha airfield.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The fastest speed I've seen here is 62 mph (100 kph), and that's on the Northern Luzon Expressway.

    Blog text (26)

  • The eye of the storm made landfall on the island of Luzon early Saturday morning local time.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Luzon comes from the old local name written by Spanish explorers, probably from the Tagalog word lusong, which means 'mortar' used to 'pound rice'. So the island's name can remind you of rice and farming, which are important there.