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Bataan in British English
(bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑːn)
noun
a peninsula in the Philippines, in W Luzon: scene of the surrender of US and Philippine forces to the Japanese during World War II, later retaken by American forces
Bataan in American English
(bəˈtæn; bəˈtɑn)
peninsula on SW Luzon, the Philippines: in WWII (1942), scene of a Japanese victory over American-Philippine forces, marking the completion of the Japanese conquest of the Philippines
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