manila bay

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Manila Bay
    n 1: a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the
         American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish
         fleet

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

manila bay \manila bay\ n.
   The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War
   (1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey
   defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the
   Phillipines.
   [WordNet 1.5]