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San_Salvador_Island

San Salvador Island

English

view on Grahams Harbour in the north of the island

Proper noun

San Salvador Island

  1. a 160 km2 island and district of the Bahamas, supposed to be the first place sighted by Columbus in the New World

Synonyms

  • Watlings Island (from the 1680s until 1925)
  • Guanahani (native Lucayan name)

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