São Miguel

[ soun mee-gel ]

noun

1. the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).

São Miguel

/ sə̃un miˈɣɛl /

noun

1. an island in the E Azores: the largest of the group. Pop: 131 609 (2001). Area: 854 sq km (333 sq miles)

Example Sentences

São Miguel is the largest of nine islands within the autonomous Azores archipelago, over 800 miles off the coast of mainland Portugal, and exposed to all of the Atlantic’s power.

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