Tortola
Americannoun
noun
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Meanwhile, Tortola is part of the British Virgin Islands, which abolished slavery in 1834.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Alcogal provided a registered office for Milrun on the largest of the BVI islands, Tortola, and supplied staff members to act as the company's official directors.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2021
Most of the dozens of charter companies are based in Road Town, the main harbor on Tortola.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
In 1742 he parted from her to go on a religious visit to Tortola, in the West Indies.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
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