Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898);
the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
manila bay \manila bay\ n.
The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War
(1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey
defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the
Phillipines.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Manila Bay
n 1: a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the
American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish
fleet