On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Basilan. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Basilan in a sentence
Basilan meaning
- A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Lamitan. Largest city: Isabela.
- An island of Sulu Archipelago, Mindanao, Philippines.
Using Basilan
- The main meaning on this page is: A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Lamitan. Largest city: Isabela. | An island of Sulu Archipelago, Mindanao, Philippines.
- In the example corpus, basilan often appears in combinations such as: basilan in, basilan and, of basilan.
Context around Basilan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Basilan
- In this selection, "basilan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sur, city, western, province, isabela and side stand out and add context to how "basilan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include capital of basilan province across and city and basilan in general. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "basilan" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with basilan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Several foreign fighters had been killed in clashes with soldiers in Basilan in recent years. (15 words)
In Basilan, one of the depressed areas in Mindanao, a kg of rice is reportedly P80. (16 words)
And it was this intelligence acumen that brought Indammog to Basilan and Sulu for many years, according to him. (19 words)
The vessel caught fire around 11 p.m. as it was passing near Baluk-Baluk island of Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province, two hours after departing from the port of Zamboanga City, the Coast Guard said. (37 words)
The Abu Sayyaf is still holding over a dozen mostly foreigners, including seafarers, kidnapped off Basilan and Tawi-Tawi provinces in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines; and had previously launched surprised raids in Sabah. (36 words)
She added that out of the 97 deportees, only a dozen were residents of Zamboanga, while the rest were from the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and other regions. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
Located on the North-Western part of the island of Basilan, Isabela is also the capital of Basilan province, across the Isabela Channel from the Malamwi Island.
But the Sealions and the Tamaraws will still clinch the top two seeding with superior tiebreak points over the Basilan side.
Delumpines said they have tightened the security watch in the city and Basilan in general in preparation for the observance of Holy Week when Catholics are expected to visit churches and chapels.
The vessel caught fire around 11 p.m. as it was passing near Baluk-Baluk island of Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province, two hours after departing from the port of Zamboanga City, the Coast Guard said.
More than a year after it was launched in Basilan in October last year, around 800 firearms have been turned in to the government under the program, according to the Opapru.
And it was this intelligence acumen that brought Indammog to Basilan and Sulu for many years, according to him.
She added that out of the 97 deportees, only a dozen were residents of Zamboanga, while the rest were from the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and other regions.
Latest recipients of the “Medal ng Papuri” are the policemen assigned to provide in Isabela City, Basilan and Bongao, Tawi-Tawi for the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite on Jan.
Amin Baco is of Bugis descent from Sulawesi, a Malaysian born in Sabah who built his jihadi credentials fighting in Jolo and Basilan in Mindanao.
In Basilan, one of the depressed areas in Mindanao, a kg of rice is reportedly P80.
In Western Basilan, where relative peace is at hand, an idea has begun to take shape – the birth of interlocal cooperation, or now popularly referred to as inter-LGU alliance.
Several foreign fighters had been killed in clashes with soldiers in Basilan in recent years.
The Abu Sayyaf is still holding over a dozen mostly foreigners, including seafarers, kidnapped off Basilan and Tawi-Tawi provinces in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines; and had previously launched surprised raids in Sabah.
Much of the operation was a success: the ASG was driven from Basilan and one U.S. hostage was recovered.
On 18 December 1998, Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani was killed in a gun battle with the Philippine National Police on Basilan Island.
Common combinations with basilan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- basilan in 5×
- basilan and 5×
- of basilan 4×
- and basilan 4×
- in basilan 4×
- to basilan 3×
- basilan province 2×
- off basilan 2×
- basilan sulu 2×
- basilan where 2×