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Fernando Po

British  
/ fəˈnændəʊ pəʊ /

noun

  1. a former name (until 1973) of Bioko

"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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In real life, the operatives sailed two ships from Britain to Fernando Po.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

Marjorie Stewart was a spy and did work for the SOE, but she was not part of the Fernando Po team.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

Unfortunately the refueling operations, accomplished via a few Italian boats, were parked on a Spanish-controlled island called Fernando Po, located just off the coast of West Africa — in neutral territory.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2024

At the time, Malabo was called Santa Isabel and Bioko, the island where it is located, Fernando Po.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2012

A small steamer which runs between Bonny and Fernando Po took them to the latter place, which is on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, and has a mountain peak ten thousand feet high.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace

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