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Florida Strait

American  

noun

  1. a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.


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While some gaze into the darkness of the Florida Strait, others try to sleep, making the most of the breeze coming in from the sea.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Thence I shall run down the Florida Strait to Key West, the course which I intend to steer being the shortest possible distance to that spot.

From The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Cyrus Cuneo

When all arrangements are completed, the trains will be ferried across Florida Strait between Havana and Key West, and freight will be sent from points in Cuba to New York and Chicago without reloading.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson

This gas has been loosed, as you told us, upon the wings of the hurricane that came through the Florida Strait.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

At a height of close to two thousand feet they headed across Florida Strait, with Paul at the throttle.

From Around the World in Ten Days by Chelsea Curtis Fraser

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