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Bonaire

American  
[baw-nair] / bɔˈnɛər /

noun

  1. an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).


Bonaire British  
/ bɒnˈɛə /

noun

  1. an island in the S Caribbean, in the E Netherlands Antilles: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)

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In 2018, it seized barrels of crude stored at facilities on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curaçao, Bonaire and Sint Eustatius, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

The authorities on Bonaire, which is a special municipality of the Netherlands, said the island's east coast, including Sorobon, Lac and Lagun, had been polluted.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

“We’re certainly not limiting the credit at all,” Blackmon, a Bonaire Republican, told reporters after the news conference.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

He and other researchers have documented obvious swaths of these algae in Puerto Rico and one bay in Bonaire.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 6, 2023

Of course, they were only the tattered-sailed native schooners from Venezuela, Aruba, or Bonaire coming in with bananas, oranges, papayas, melons, and vegetables.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

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