Kalayaan

Proper noun

Kalayaan

1. Synonym of Spratly Islands.
   • As recently as April 1983, Cesar Virata, then prime minister of the Philippines, warned all claimants to the territory in the South China Sea that any attempt to reclaim the Kalayaan Islands would be "considered an assault against the Republic of the Philippines" and would receive appropriate...1987, A. James Gregor, Virgilio Aganon, The Philippine Bases: U.S. Security at Risk, Ethics and Public Policy Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 23–24
   • While the Philippines first asserted its claim unofficially in 1956, by 1971, the Manila Government had claimed that it controlled seven islands in the Kalayaan group, which are often regarded as part of the Spratly group but denied by the Philippines on grounds that they are located 200 miles...1998, Bilveer Singh, edited by Frank Columbus, Asian Economic and Political Issues, volume 1, Commack, NY: Nova Science Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5

   Synonyms:

   Spratly Islands

2. A municipality of Palawan, Philippines.
   • Meronym: Pag-asa — barangay of Kalayaan
3. A municipality of Laguna, Philippines.
   • Meronyms: Longos, San Antonio, San Juan — barangays of Kalayaan
4. A barangay of Angono, Rizal, Philippines.
   • Meronyms: Pinagkaisa, Pinagpala — sitios of Kalayaan