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ID: 1006750
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http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1006750
Record Type:
physical
Cebu (island)
Note:
One of most populous & prosperous islands before arrival of Spaniards; occupied by Legaspi 1565; often raided by Moro pirates 16th-17th cen.; opened to foreign trade 1860; evacuated by Spanish 1898; civil government created by USA 1901.
Names:
Cebu
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preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Cebu island
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C
,
O
,
display
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
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Philippines
(nation) (
P
)
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Cebu
(island) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Philippines
(nation) (
P
)
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Visayan
(island group) (
P
)
................
Cebu
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
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sighted by Magellan in 1521
Sources and Contributors:
Cebu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
231
Cebu island..........
[
VP
]
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
231
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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