Search Result for "manila bay":
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