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  • proper noun Alternative spelling of Galápagos.

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Examples

  • He played around with piecing and pairing previously existing songs together and decided to put a piece up online under the moniker Galapagos.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • On the Grace, which was constructed in the era in which Depp's pretends to have been made, guests can cruise the Galapagos from the comfort of the same decks once graced by the likes of Aristotle Onassis, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.

    Seven Custom Yachts To Dream About Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2010

  • On the Grace, which was constructed in the era in which Depp's pretends to have been made, guests can cruise the Galapagos from the comfort of the same decks once graced by the likes of Aristotle Onassis, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.

    Seven Custom Yachts To Dream About Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2010

  • On the Grace, which was constructed in the era in which Depp's pretends to have been made, guests can cruise the Galapagos from the comfort of the same decks once graced by the likes of Aristotle Onassis, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.

    Seven Custom Yachts To Dream About Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2010

  • But the Galapagos is wonderful and it's closer and doesn't cost quite so much.

    My Art and My Life 1986

  • The Swan Islands are referred to as the "Galapagos of the Caribbean," and it was that description that the team carried with them in the long crossing.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Galapagos were the swashbuckler's equivalent of a 7-Eleven -- the last chance to stock up on food before hitting the vast emptiness of the Pacific.

    Three Ways to Drive an Animal to Extinction - Boing Boing 2009

  • Nowadays, we should refer to the Galapagos hawk and the flightless cormorant as ‘endemic’ to the islands, meaning that this is the only place where they are found.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Nowadays, we should refer to the Galapagos hawk and the flightless cormorant as ‘endemic’ to the islands, meaning that this is the only place where they are found.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • The book, an actual paper book, Auden had found in his attic and given to me, because he liked that kind of thing and so I pretended to, something called Galapagos.

    Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008

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