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St. Pierre and Miquelon

American  
[mik-uh-lon, meek-lawn] / ˌmɪk əˈlɒn, mikˈlɔ̃ /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). St. Pierre.


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A four-day trek across Langlade, one of the eight islands of the St. Pierre and Miquelon archipelago, costs about $320.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018

West of the U.S. naval base at St. John's, Newfoundland, a long spit of land juts southwest toward the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think we should ask them to let us have the two small islands off the coast of Newfoundland, the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.

From Time Magazine Archive

These islands would be St. Pierre and Miquelon; for there are two, and only two, important islands possible to be seen at the right on the south coast of Newfoundland on the homeward course.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Of all its Canadian dependency France retained only the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland, and the vexatious French-shore rights.

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry

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