Bonaire

[baw-nair]

noun

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

Bonaire

/ 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)

Example Sentences

In the first few weeks the oil spill spread hundreds of miles, reaching as far as the island of Bonaire, a Dutch municipality, in the Caribbean.

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Oil leaking from a capsized barge off the coast of Tobago has spread hundreds of miles to reach the Caribbean island of Bonaire.

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

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When I first arrived on Bonaire, I was introduced to the conservation project aimed at eradicating the lionfish.

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Later in September, Mr. Wildin, who was born in Bangkok, took his mother, who is Thai and now lives on the Caribbean island Bonaire, to see “The King and I.”

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