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Santa Isabel

British  
/ ˈsanta isaˈβɛl /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1973) of Malabo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The donation will go toward rehabilitating and reconstructing damaged homes in Humacao, Santa Isabel, Ponce, Patillas, Arroyo and constructing new housing in Guayama.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2018

As Spanish-dubbed version of the movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” plays from a hanging flat-screen TV Sunday afternoon, well-dressed worshipers from Santa Isabel Church packed the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2016

The other two affected lines were 115-kilovolt transmissions, one linking Manati and Vega Baja, also in the north, and the other running between the major city Ponce and Santa Isabel, in the south.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2015

At the time, Malabo was called Santa Isabel and Bioko, the island where it is located, Fernando Po.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2012

At Santa Isabel, including Volcan, with a population of two hundred eighty-four, the reservation of twenty-nine thousand eight hundred forty-four acres is patented, but the report says it is "mountainous; stock land; no water."

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by George Wharton James

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