Pleasant Island

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noun

the former name of Nauru

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Words nearby Pleasant Island

pleadings, pleasance, pleasant, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Island, Pleasanton, pleasantry, Pleasantville, please, pleased as Punch

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How to use Pleasant Island in a sentence

Pleasant island in a beautiful sea—he remembered having heard about McAllen's passion for angling.
Gone Fishing|James H. Schmitz
Occasionally a favoured individual was permitted to escape from this general fate and placed in a pleasant island.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
It is a large and pleasant island in the form of an oblong, eight long leguas in length and about four wide.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624|Various
The bookkeeper laid the chart on the table, and the captain found Pleasant Island with his thumb.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas|Lloyd Osbourne

He found Salissa a pleasant island and looked forward to great peace, when the Ida, her cargo unloaded, should sail away.
The Island Mystery|George A. Birmingham