Abaco

American  

[ab-uh-koh] / ˈæb əˌkoʊ /

noun

1. two islands Great Abaco and Little Abaco in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2,010 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

“Listen, it’s a win-win. I either go to Memphis or I go to Abaco with my kids and wife for a week,” he said.

From Seattle Times

On Great Abaco Island, a solar installation providing a vast majority of power to a group of schools recently came online.

From New York Times

For example, Thatchpoint Blue Hole on Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas includes evidence of at least 13 hurricanes per century that were Category 2 or above between the years 1500 and 1670.

From Salon

Abaco Island suffered extensive flooding but minimal damage, officials said.

From New York Times

Nicole became a hurricane Wednesday evening as it slammed into Grand Bahama Island, having made landfall just hours earlier on Great Abaco island as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

From Seattle Times