Isle of Pines
Britishnoun
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Then, in 1950 a French geologist compared Meyer's shards with recent finds from the Isle of Pines, south of New Caledonia, and realised that they belonged to the same tradition.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2010
It was a little island, about 15 sq. mi. in area, lying about 40 mi. south of Cuba, commonly known as The Isle of Pines.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he planned to run away from civilization to the family plantation on the Isle of Pines in the West Indies, he found that the plantation had been put up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government built four boarding schools for Angolan and Mozambican teen-agers on the Isle of Pines off the south coast of Cuba.
From Time Magazine Archive
Celia stands alone in the rain in her leather pumps and jade housedress waiting for her twin granddaughters to return from their camping trip to the Isle of Pines.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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