Montserrat

American  

[mont-suh-rat, mawn-ser-raht] / ˌmɒnt səˈræt, ˌmɔn sɛrˈrɑt /

noun

1. an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Plymouth.

2. a mountain in NE Spain, NW of Barcelona: the site of Montserrat Monastery. 4,058 feet (1,237 meters).

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Montserrat British  

noun

1. a volcanic island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: a UK Overseas Territory: much of the island rendered uninhabitable by volcanic eruptions in 1997. Capital: Brades (replacing Plymouth, effectively destroyed by the eruption). Pop: 5189 (2013 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)

2. Ancient name: Mons Serratus. a mountain in NE Spain, northwest of Barcelona: famous Benedictine monastery. Height: 1235 m (4054 ft)

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Montserrat

Instead, the lawyers say Jonathan only went twice to Montserrat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

"It is very worrisome to hear the news that cancers are increasing in young people," Prof Montserrat García Closas, from The Institute of Cancer Research, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The album features collaborations with the London Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic singer Bjork and the youth choir of the Montserrat Abbey in Catalonia, whose performance moved Rosalia to tears during a recent visit.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

"The witness contradicted himself, left grey areas and described events that did not match up" with the Catalan police's inspection of the scene in the Montserrat mountains, the newspaper added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

As Equiano explained, the island of Montserrat “requires 20,000 new Negroes annually, to fill up the vacant places of the dead.”

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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