Mona Passage

[ moh-nuh; Spanish maw-nah ]

/ ˈmoʊ nə; Spanish ˈmɔ nɑ /

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noun

a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.

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Words nearby Mona Passage

monal, Mona Lisa, monandrous, monandry, monanthous, Mona Passage, monarch, monarchal, monarch butterfly, Monarchianism, monarchical

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How to use Mona Passage in a sentence

She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
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One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
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“Mona Iraqi is responsible for 25 families losing their lives,” he said, speaking figuratively.
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In the neighborhoods they grow up in, prison is a rite of passage and being a street gangster is a viable career choice.
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Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
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That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
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She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
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This work is now lost, and we know it only by the abstract given by Photius in the passage quoted.
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Capt. Ross sailed from Shetland, on his first voyage for the discovery of the north-west passage.
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British Dictionary definitions for Mona Passage

Mona Passage

/ (ˈmaʊnə) /

noun

a strait between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, linking the Atlantic with the Caribbean

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