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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

Esquibel departed by night, therefore, in the vessel, with fifty followers, and keeping under the deep shadows cast by the land, arrived at Saona unperceived, at the dawn of morning.

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

They then followed that southern coast its whole length, discovering the tiny islands, Beata, Saona, and Mona.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

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