San Salvador Island
English
view on Grahams Harbour in the north of the island
Etymology
From Spanish, after Christ the Saviour.
Proper noun
- A 160 km2 island and district of the Bahamas, supposed to be the first place sighted by Columbus in the New World
Synonyms
- Watlings Island (from the 1680s until 1925)
- Guanahani (native Lucayan name)
Translations
an island and district of the Bahamas
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