BATAAN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Corregidor (what does Corregidor mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Bataan is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • siege (what does siege mean?)
   • besieging (what does besieging mean?)
   • beleaguering (what does beleaguering mean?)
   • military blockade (what does military blockade mean?)