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Andros

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Andros

Island (pop., 2000: 7,686), The Bahamas. The Bahamas' largest island, it extends about 100 mi (160 km) north to south and about 45 mi (72 km) east to west; its area is 2,300 sq mi (6,000 sq km). Just off its eastern coast is the third largest barrier reef in the world.

Andros
1. an island in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost of the Cyclades: long famous for wine. Capital: Andros. Pop.: 10 009 (2001). Area: about 311 sq. km (120 sq. miles)
2. an island in the N Caribbean, the largest of the Bahamas. Pop.: 7686 (2000). Area: 4144 sq. km (1600 sq. miles)
Andros
center for worship of Bacchus, wine god. [Rom. Myth.: Hall, 16]
See : Wine
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The king had given such powers to Sir Edmund Andros that there was now no liberty, nor scarcely any law, in the colonies over which he ruled.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
There have been many instances of this formerly, as well as in the late affair at Andros.
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