/ Dictionary / Index B Bataan: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Ba•taan Pronunciation: (bu-tan', -tän' locally bä§ä-än'), [key] — n. a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: bataan (Thesaurus) bat Bataisk Related Content Daily Word Quiz: verdant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language