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Tortuga
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Tortuga (tōrt`gä) [Span.,=turtle], island, c.70 sq mi (180 sq km), off N Haiti. It was a notorious rendezvous of pirates in the 17th cent. It is called Île de la Tortue by the Haitians.
Tortuga
an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Haiti: haunt of pirates in the 17th century. Area: 180 sq. km (70 sq. miles)


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At 0600 GMT, the center of Hanna was hovering just east of Ile de la Tortue in Haiti, 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Great Inagua island in the southeastern Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hanna soaks Bahamas and Haiti, threatens US by AFP / AFP American Edition
At 0600 GMT, the center of Hanna was hovering just east of Ile de la Tortue in Haiti, 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Great Inagua island in the southeastern Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hanna soaks Bahamas and Haiti, threatens US by AFP / AFP Global Edition
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L'integration des formes et techniques de creation orales a travers ... by Sissao, Alain Joseph / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
 
 
 
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