Abaco
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The woman's husband told police that he and his wife left Hope Town for Elbow Cay on the Bahamian island of Abaco on Saturday evening when she fell overboard, taking the boat's keys with her.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
For example, Thatchpoint Blue Hole on Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas includes evidence of at least 13 hurricanes per century that were Category 2 or above between the years 1500 and 1670.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022
Nicole became a hurricane Wednesday evening as it slammed into Grand Bahama Island, having made landfall just hours earlier on Great Abaco island as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022
Similarly, Ann Wilmore now lives in a government dome built atop the foundation where her house once was, on a vibrant bluff overlooking the Sea of Abaco.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021
"That's the name of a passage between Great Abaco Island and Eleuthera, in the West Indies," the sailor replied.
From The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real by Hope, Laura Lee
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