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Fernando Po

British  
/ fəˈnændəʊ pəʊ /

noun

  1. a former name (until 1973) of Bioko

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In real life, the operatives sailed two ships from Britain to Fernando Po.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Marjorie Stewart was a spy and did work for the SOE, but she was not part of the Fernando Po team.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Unfortunately the refueling operations, accomplished via a few Italian boats, were parked on a Spanish-controlled island called Fernando Po, located just off the coast of West Africa — in neutral territory.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

At the time, Malabo was called Santa Isabel and Bioko, the island where it is located, Fernando Po.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2012

Then there is the kitty-katty, so called from its strange scratching-vibrating sound, which you hear down South, and on Fernando Po, of the excruciating mouth harp, and so on, all accompanied by the voice.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta