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São Miguel

American  
[soun mee-gel] / ˈsãʊ̃ miˈgɛl /

noun

  1. the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).


São Miguel British  
/ sə̃un miˈɣɛl /

noun

  1. an island in the E Azores: the largest of the group. Pop: 131 609 (2001). Area: 854 sq km (333 sq miles)

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“Which island is your family from?” is not an uncommon question, with Terceira, São Jorge and São Miguel as frequent answers.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2024

One afternoon, I hiked alone into the Fogo caldera, in the center of São Miguel, on a trail so steep that a long wooden ladder is installed on a particularly nasty stretch.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

Pollen from a nonnative ryegrass shows up in layers from Pico Island dating to about 1150, and at 1300 on São Miguel Island, also part of the archipelago.

From Science Magazine Oct. 3, 2021

On Sunday morning at around 8:30 a.m., flight DL414 touched down at Ponta Delgada Airport on the isle of São Miguel after traveling overnight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, The Sun reported.

From Fox News Aug. 20, 2019

The same king also gave to the small church of São Miguel a silver processional cross, all embossed with oak leaves, and ending in fleurs-de-lys, which rises from two superimposed octagons, covered with Gothic ornament.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

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