2) Cebu. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Visayan Islands between Leyte and Negros. Magellan landed on the island in 1521. The city of Cebu has an important harbor on the eastern coast. The city's population...

3) Mactan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mactan, (maktan´) (KEY) , coral island (1990 pop. 168,525), 24 sq mi (62 sq km), Cebu prov., the Philippines, just off the coast of Cebu island. Magellan was killed...

4) Osmena, Sergio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Osmeña, Sergio, (sar´heo osma´nya) (KEY) , 1878-1961, Filipino statesman, b. Cebu island. He served as provincial governor of Cebu and as first speaker (1907-22)...

5) Visayan Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sq km), in and around the Visayan Sea, central Philippines. The group includes Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Masbate, Negros, Panay, Samar, and hundreds of smaller islands....

6) Philippines, The. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The 11 largest islands-Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, and Masbate-contain about 95% of the total land area. The northernmost...

7) Negros. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An island of the central Philippines in the Visayan Islands between Panay and Cebu. Sugar cane is important to its economy....

8) Bohol. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...central Philippines north of Mindanao in the Bohol Sea. The Bohol Strait separates Bohol from Cebu....

9) Negros. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 4th largest of the Philippines, between Panay and Cebu. Although mountainous (Mt. Canloan, a volcano, rises to c.8,088 ft/2,465...

10) Dumaguete. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...port at the entrance to Tanon Strait (which separates the islands of Negros and Cebu), it is also a trade and cultural center. Silliman Univ. (founded 1901) and Foundation...