Fernando de Noronha

[ fer-nahnn-doo duh naw-raw-nyuh ]

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

/ 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)

Example Sentences

An island with a splendid name, which I am sure he would have mentioned had he thought of it, is Fernando de Noronha.

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Fernando de Noronha stands as a great sign-board, as it were, on the principal commercial thoroughfare of the world.

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Fernando de Noronha, where we are now lying in the Alabama, is near its southern limit, being in the latitude of about 4° S.

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She passed Fernando de Noronha at night, going some miles south of it, and so I did not see the island.

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