Tortola

[tawr-toh-luh]

noun

1. the principal island of the British Virgin Islands, in the NE West Indies. 9730; 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).

Tortola

/ tɔːˈtəʊlə /

noun

1. an island in the NE Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands group: chief island of the British Virgin Islands. Pop: 23 900 (latest est). Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The company is registered in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, and its main shareholder is Iraqi businessman Namir El-Akabi, a construction and logistics tycoon involved in the rebuilding of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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But P.&I.D.’s legal address was a P.O. box on Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands.

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Whistling Cay has a guardhouse that colonial-era officials used to scan waters for slaves escaping from St. John to the nearby island of Tortola.

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Meanwhile, Tortola is part of the British Virgin Islands, which abolished slavery in 1834.

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Unemployed, with a wife and kids to support, Rosbach spotted an ad at the dive shop for a mate to help deliver a boat to Tortola — no experience necessary.

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