Spanish Main
Americannoun
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(formerly) the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, especially the area between the mouth of the Orinoco River and the Isthmus of Panama.
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the Caribbean Sea: the route of the Spanish treasure galleons and a former haunt of pirates.
noun
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the mainland of Spanish America, esp the N coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela
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the Caribbean Sea, the S part of which in colonial times was the route of Spanish treasure galleons and the haunt of pirates
Example Sentences
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Some of the areas on the boil-water list were small, like the Spanish Main Travel Resort, an R.V. park in Hillsborough County, on the western side of the state.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2022
The West Indies and the Spanish Main By Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope, on the way to the West Indies, does complain rather a lot about such mundane troubles as seasickness and so on.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2012
One says the looting, another marooning, still another sings the praises of pirate grog, and a fourth insists it’s the Spanish Main.
From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2012
It was a tropical product of the days when English pirates set up their bases on the Mosquito Coast and raided the Spanish Main.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has nothing to do with the familiar tales of the Spanish Main and the Indies.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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