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La Romana

(Encyclopedia) La RomanaLa Romanalä rōmänˈä [key], city (1993 pop. 132,834), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea. It is the capital and major port of La Romana province. The site of several…

Cristóbal

(Encyclopedia) CristóbalCristóbalkrēstōˈbäl [key], town, Colón prov., near the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal, Panama. Cristóbal is located in the former Panama Canal Zone and was the American…

Jacmel

(Encyclopedia) JacmelJacmelzhäkˈmĕl [key], city (1989 est. pop. 217,000), S Haiti. About 25 mi (40 km) S of Port-au-Prince, Jacmel is an important port on the Caribbean Sea. The city was heavily…

San Pedro de Macorís

(Encyclopedia) San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macoríssän pāˈᵺrō ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 123,987), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Higuamo River. It is the…

sea

(Encyclopedia) sea, term used as synonymous with ocean, or a subdivision of an ocean (Caribbean Sea, Yellow Sea), or erroneously designating a large salt lake (Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea).

Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas

(Encyclopedia) Trujillo Molina, Rafael LeonidasTrujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidasräfäĕlˈ lāōnēˈᵺäs tr&oomacr;hēˈyō mōlēˈnä [key], 1891–1961, president of the Dominican Republic (1930–38, 1942–52).…

Îles du Salut

(Encyclopedia) Îles du SalutÎles du Salutēl dü sälüˈ [key] or Safety Islands, small archipelago, off French Guiana in the Caribbean. The best-known of the islands is Devils Island.

Montego Bay

(Encyclopedia) Montego BayMontego Baymŏntēˈgō [key], city (1991 pop. 82,002), NW Jamaica. One of the most popular resorts in the Caribbean with highly developed tourism facilities, Montego Bay is…

La Guajira

(Encyclopedia) La GuajiraLa Guajiralä gwähēˈrä [key], peninsula, c.100 mi (160 km) long, N Colombia, extending into the Caribbean Sea. Punta Gallinas, at the tip, is the northernmost point of South…

Soufrière, volcano, Guadeloupe

(Encyclopedia) SoufrièreSoufrières&oomacr;frēĕrˈ [key], active volcano, 4,813 ft (1,467 m) high, on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea. Called also La Grande Soufrière, it is the…