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Espíritu Santo

 formerly Marina

Island, northwestern Vanuatu, southwestern South Pacific Ocean. Vanuatu's largest island, Espíritu Santo is about 75 mi (120 km) long and 45 mi (70 km) wide and covers 1,420 sq mi (3,677 sq km). Volcanic in origin, it has a mountain range running along its western coast; Mount Tabwémasana rises to 6,165 ft (1,879 m). It is heavily wooded and has broad, fertile, well-watered valleys. Agriculturally developed, its principal settlement is Luganville (Santo) on the southeastern coast.

marina
an elaborate docking facility for pleasure boats
marina [mə′rē·nə]
(civil engineering)
A harbor facility for small boats, yachts, and so on, where supplies, repairs, and various services are available.
Marina
“a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles]
See : Virtuousness
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Thou seest, Marina duke that I have taken the field with an assorted cargo, to do thee honor.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
They say the other day Matthew Ivanych Platov drove them into the river Marina and drowned some eighteen thousand in one day.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Unless he made this a holiday, when his books were all packed, he would have no holiday whatever; for out at Santa Marina Helen knew, by experience, that he would work all day; his boxes, she said, were packed with books.
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