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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“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

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

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

It’s also just a two-hour ferry ride complete with whale watching from the uninhabited island national park of Espíritu Santo, where snorkelers can swim among whale sharks.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2018

To hold the district he founded the towns of Medellin and Espíritu Santo.

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

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