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Saona

American  
[sou-nuh, sah-aw-nah] / ˈsaʊ nə, sɑˈɔ nɑ /

noun

  1. an island in the Caribbean Sea, S of the SE Dominican Republic coast. About 13 miles (21 km) long.


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According to Gonzalvo, there's also a dependable swordfish bite in the Saona Channel, two miles offshore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Saona, island of, discovered; difference of longitude between, and Cadiz Scandinavians, an essay relative to the voyages of.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington

As he was returning to his headquarters in Saona, from Paris had arrived the new representatives, who came to the army of Italy as delegates of the Convention, and were armed with full powers.

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

In the same year that London began to print appeared the first books from the press at the Abbey of St Albans, namely, Augustini Dacti elegancie, and the Nova Rhetorica of Saona.

From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford

Southwest from Point Espada lies the largest island of the Dominican Republic, the Island of Saona, fifteen miles long by four miles wide, the low hills of which are covered with abundant vegetation.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Schoenrich, Otto

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