Azores
['eizəuz]
Definition
(noun.) islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; 'the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes'.
Checker: Prudence--From WordNet
Examples
- They put out to sea to the west and found the Canary Isles, Madeira, and the Azores. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Watson on European species of plants brought from the Azores to England; and I could give other cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I think the Azores must be very little known in America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When we left the Azores, we wore awful capotes and used fine tooth combs--successfully. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We had already seen a large piece of the true cross in a church in the Azores, but no nails. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At three o'clock on the morning of the twenty-first of June, we were awakened and notified that the Azores islands were in sight. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We are on our way to Gibraltar, and shall reach there five or six days out from the Azores. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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