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 • Aug. 4, 2023

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 • Nov. 30, 2022

“For those in Grand Bahama and Abaco, I know it is especially difficult for you to face another storm,” Davis said, referring to the hardest hit islands by Dorian.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Similarly, Ann Wilmore now lives in a government dome built atop the foundation where her house once was, on a vibrant bluff overlooking the Sea of Abaco.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021

Dalzell, of Abaco, collected some considerable quantity at a place called Marsh Harbor, which was found to be of a superior quality.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.