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Fernando de Noronha

American  
[fer-nahnn-doo duh naw-raw-nyuh] / fɛrˈnɑ̃n dʊ də nɔˈrɔ njə /

noun

  1. an island in the S Atlantic, about 125 miles (200 km) E of easternmost tip of Brazil: a Brazilian penal colony. 10 sq. mi. (26 sq. km).


Fernando de Noronha British  
/ ferˈnəndu di noˈroɲa /

noun

  1. a volcanic island in the S Atlantic northeast of Cape São Roque: constitutes a federal territory of Brazil; a penal colony since the 18th century; inhabited by military personnel. Area: 26 sq km (10 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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So far, researchers have documented 170 lionfish around Fernando de Noronha, mostly in shallower reefs.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2023

Scientists are particularly concerned about the potential impact on native fish found around Brazil’s oceanic islands, including Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago located 350 kilometers offshore.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2023

Now that the World Cup is over, escape to Fernando de Noronha, a 21-island archipelago about 330 miles off the coast of one of the host cities, Recife.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2014

How she would fly in a special four-motored transport, escorted by two Argentine army planes, to the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha?

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a mere name, like Fernando de Noronha, or Key West, which one meets only in the shipping news, idly wondering then what strange things the seafarer would find if he went.

From Old Junk by Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham)

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