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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

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

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

Also the first trouble now arises from having ceded France the two tiny islands south of Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Cabot overran Cape Race and went south of St. Pierre and Miquelon without seeing them, and, continuing on a westerly course, hit Cape Breton at its most easterly point.

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

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