Pescadores
Americannoun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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"I threw myself on the floor, saying that God couldn't do this to my son," she told the BBC from her home in the Los Pescadores neighbourhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
The storm plowed into the eastern province of Fujian on Friday morning after bringing heavy rains and gale-force winds to parts of Taiwan, especially the Penghu island group, also known as the Pescadores.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023
A general view of Lima from Pescadores beach in the Chorrillos district of Lima, October 27, 2015.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2022
After the second world war, Japan renounced Taiwan and the Pescadores islands in accordance with Article 2 of the San Francisco peace treaty of 1951, but this did not include the Senkaku Islands.
From Economist • Oct. 4, 2012
A cyclone will form off the Pescadores S. 17 E. in four days, and will reach its maximum intensity in twenty-seven hours after inception.
From With The Night Mail A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) by Leyendecker, Frank X.
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