Tobago

[tuh-bey-goh]

noun

1. an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 116 sq. mi. (300 sq. km).

Tobago

/ təˈbeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. an island in the SE Caribbean, northeast of Trinidad: ceded to Britain in 1814; joined with Trinidad in 1888 as a British colony; part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Pop: 54 084 (2000)

Other Word Forms

• Tobagonian noun

Example Sentences

The U.S. is also installing a radar on the island of Tobago, which sits several miles from Venezuela’s coast.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday slammed new joint military exercises by the United States and its ally Trinidad and Tobago as "irresponsible," with Washington increasing its armed presence in the Caribbean.

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Sixty-one different countries have played on football's biggest stage since Scotland last featured, from North Korea to New Zealand, from Togo to Trinidad & Tobago.

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Last month, it accused Trinidad and Tobago, a laid-back twin-island nation of 1.4 million people whose prime minister is a fierce Maduro critic and Washington ally, of serving as "a US aircraft carrier."

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A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult.

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