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Navassa Island
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
näväsä′Navassa Island 1291 2 Navassa Island (näväsä′), Fr. La Navase (lä näväs′),
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Proper noun
Navassa Island
en island c/United States in the Caribbean Sea.
en 1861 2 November 1815 George Coggeshall Chapter IX History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-marque, During our War with England in the Years 1812, '13, and '14 https://archive.org/details/histamprivateers00coggrich/ 3rd New York 4339940 311 https://archive.org/details/histamprivateers00coggrich/page/311/ "Kingston, Jamaica, 2d.-Yesterday morning, the Volcano, bomb-ship, Captain Price,[...]"On Sunday night, about 12 o'clock, off Navassa Island, the Volcano perceived a schooner standing towards her, which fired several shot, which were returned.
Translations
island
Catalan: ca illa Navassa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 納弗沙島, cmn 納瓦薩島
French: fr île de la Navasse f
Haitian Creole: ht Lanavaz
Irish: ga Oileán Navassa m
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko 나배사섬
Portuguese: pt Ilha de Navassa f
Spanish: es Isla de Navaza f
Thai: th เกาะนาแวสซา
References
Further reading
en United States Minor Outlying Islands