corregidor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945

From Spanish corregidor (literally “corrector”).

I’ll go with you to the Corregidor, and he’ll give you back your fine watch. — Carmen, Prosper Mérimée
As she stole down the corregidor the beams struck it and it glittered like stars. — What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge
[A13-350] The unit participated in exercises at Corregidor, from which it sailed for Atsugi on March 7, 1958, aboard the U.S.S. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission

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