MANILA BAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manila Bay mean? 

• MANILA BAY (noun)
  The noun MANILA BAY has 1 sense:

1. a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet

  Familiarity information: MANILA BAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANILA BAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)

Holonyms ("Manila Bay" is a part of...):

Spanish-American War; Spanish War (a war between the United States and Spain in 1898)