Espíritu Santo

[ Spanish e--spee-ree-too sahn-taw ]

noun

1. a volcanic island in the Vanuatu island chain, in the South Pacific. 1,485 sq. mi. (3,846 sq. km).

Espíritu Santo

/ ɛsˈpɪrɪtuː ˈsæntəʊ /

noun

1. an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Use the hotel as a base camp to visit the seal colony of Los Islotes island, the uninhabited beaches of Espíritu Santo, and the Caribbean-blue waters of Balandra Bay by day.

From Outside Online

But when we arrived there everything led us to believe that we were in the southern land of Espiritu Santo.

From Project Gutenberg

Espiritu Santo, a small maritime province with a bay and port of the same name, north of Rio de Janeiro.

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The south-eastern point is called Cape Espiritu Santo; the distance between the two capes being about twenty-two miles.

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The largest island is Espiritu Santo, about 107 x 57 km., with 4900 km.

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The name Australia del Espiritu Santo was given by him to this new land, when flushed with the success of his discovery.

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