Espíritu Santo

American  

[e--spee-ree-too sahn-taw] / ɛ ˈspi ri tu ˈsɑn tɔ /

noun

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

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Espíritu Santo British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

“This is what Mexico has done for years,” said Josue Leal, who runs a migrant shelter in southern Mexico called Oasis De Paz del Espíritu Santo Amparito.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

In Los Cabos International Airport, I detected a small lump in a back pocket: a stowaway, from our hunt for shells and coral on Isla Espíritu Santo.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2020

On Isla Espíritu Santo, we dodged jellyfish on a morning snorkel and spent the afternoon walking the long, curving beach, eyes on the ground.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2020

That one was a happy accident, as the picture was made at a place in Tierra del Fuego called Cabo del Espíritu Santo.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 30, 2019

It was learned here that St. Denis had recently assembled Indian allies with a view to seizing Bahía del Espíritu Santo and San Antonio, in coöperation, no doubt, with La Harpe.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene