Juan Fernández

[ wahn fer-nan-dez, joo-uhn; Spanish hwahn fer-nahn-des ]

noun

1. a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.

Example Sentences

It has also had medicinal plants, exotic plants from Europe and Asia, a large collection of species from the remote Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific, and some of the world’s last known Sophora toromiro trees, which are native to Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, but are now extinct in the wild.

From New York Times

Juan Fernandez Lobbe played in both games, and was back with Argentina as an assistant coach.

From Washington Times

Juan Fernandez, a former sales trader at Goldman Sachs who runs a luxury travel firm in Westchester, N.Y., is already seeing signs of the bonus slowdown among his clients who typically make travel plans months or even a year out.

From New York Times

“Everything that was imagined at that time is in the library,” said Juan Fernández del Campo, the library’s current manager.

From Seattle Times

“It’s the internet bubble of luxury travel right now,” said Juan Fernandez, the owner of Elli Travel Group, an agency based in New York, who has found that as his clients emerge from their “Covid hangover,” they are not only willing, but also excited to spend more than they’ve ever spent before.

From New York Times