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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A long narrow island of the southwest Philippines north of Borneo. It lies between the Sulu Sea and the Palawan Passage of the South China Sea.
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- proper noun An
island of thePhilippines , in theVisayas island group
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For more information: survivalinternational. org/tribes/palawan Sign the online campaign to save Palawan: www. petitiononline.com
WN.com - Articles related to Strong market, higher prices help lift margins: Sesa Goa MD 2010
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* The interview was carried out on September 2008 For more information: survivalinternational. org/tribes/palawan Sign the online campaign to save Palawan: www
WN.com - Articles related to Strong market, higher prices help lift margins: Sesa Goa MD 2010
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* The interview was carried out on September 2008 For more information: survivalinternational. org/tribes/palawan Sign the online campaign to save Palawan: www
WN.com - Articles related to Strong market, higher prices help lift margins: Sesa Goa MD 2010
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There were 137 massacred in Palawan, 1590 died in Camp O'Donnell,
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At a resort hotel in Palawan I had personalized inscriptions (inviting me to have sweet dreams) done in tippex on green leaves left on my pillow along with two sweets.
palace 2007
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During my summer vacations in Palawan when I was small, one of the things I remember doing is throwing stones at tuko, those nocturnal foot-long lizards famous for two things: their eponymous call ( "too-ko, too-ko") and their viselike death grip.
kapit-tuko Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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The island of Palawan, which is separated from Borneo by a channel some 145 meters deep, has floristic affinities with both the Philippines and Borneo in the Sundaland Hotspot, and strong faunal affinities with the Sunda Shelf.
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Biodiversity Features Unlike that of Palawan, which is located between Borneo and the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago's fauna is not Sundaic and, though rather small, is poorly known biologically.
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[77] Now known as Palawan; its northern part forms the province of
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The protesters called on the government to stop the companies from pursuing mining operations in Palawan, which is a UNESCO
Intercontinental Cry 2010
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