How do you use Bacan in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Using Bacan
- In the example corpus, bacan often appears in combinations such as: by bacan, on bacan.
Context around Bacan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bacan
- In this selection, "bacan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sfn, challenged and words stand out and add context to how "bacan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bacan has more and expedition against bacan but it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bacan" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bacan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The wife of Sultan Said of Ternate was provided by Bacan. (11 words)
A slave and two birds of paradise were given to the ship by Bacan. (14 words)
Bacan has more recently been in the news due to violence between Christian and Muslim inhabitants of the island. (19 words)
The Portuguese sent a punitive expedition against Bacan but it failed, and instead the Portuguese Governor Galvão challenged Bacan's sultan to a duel to determine who was to be subservient to whom. (33 words)
The fleet's commander, Captain Antonio de Miranda Azevedo, left seven men on Bacan to buy cloves for the following year's expedition. (23 words)
Some Bacan words occurs in Wiltens & Danckaerts' 1623 vocabulary.sfn Bacan is also reviewed in Adriani & Kruijt's 1914 monograph. (20 words)
Example sentences (7)
Some Bacan words occurs in Wiltens & Danckaerts' 1623 vocabulary.sfn Bacan is also reviewed in Adriani & Kruijt's 1914 monograph.
The Portuguese sent a punitive expedition against Bacan but it failed, and instead the Portuguese Governor Galvão challenged Bacan's sultan to a duel to determine who was to be subservient to whom.
A slave and two birds of paradise were given to the ship by Bacan.
Bacan has more recently been in the news due to violence between Christian and Muslim inhabitants of the island.
Once the Dutch established hegemony in the 17th century, the Netherlands' power on Bacan was based in Fort Barnaveld.
The fleet's commander, Captain Antonio de Miranda Azevedo, left seven men on Bacan to buy cloves for the following year's expedition.
The wife of Sultan Said of Ternate was provided by Bacan.
Common combinations with bacan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by bacan 2×
- on bacan 2×