Juan Fernández

American  

[wahn fer-nan-dez, joo-uhn, hwahn fer-nahn-des] / wɑn fərˈnæn dɛz, ˈdʒu ən, ˈʰwɑn fɛrˈnɑn dɛs /

noun

1. a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.

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Example Sentences

“Everything that was imagined at that time is in the library,” said Juan Fernández del Campo, the library’s current manager.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2022

While there, I had the rare opportunity to join the conservation-focused dive shop Marenostrum Expediciones to snorkel with the Juan Fernández fur seals, which are endemic to the archipelago.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

As part of a remote work initiative by Island Conservation and Lenovo, I spent five weeks living with the local community on the stunning Robinson Crusoe Island, part of the Juan Fernández archipelago.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

The Juan Fernández archipelago, 650km out in the Pacific off the coast of Chile, was, at the time my first visit, occupied by 550 people and two cars.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2019

Juan Fernández Islands, buccaneers at, 111-113; Indian marooned on, 113 n, 125.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)