Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies north of Antigua. It was privately owned from the late 1600s until the 1870s.
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- proper noun An island in the nation of
Antigua and Barbuda , to the north ofAntigua
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island in Antigua and Barbuda
Etymologies
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Examples
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But there was one exception – when we went recently to Antigua, my first taste of the Caribbean, and flew, at dawn, in a tiny plane across the sea to its neighbouring island, Barbuda, which is tiny.
prude 2007
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This week the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda charged a local businessman with breaching laws under the W.I.P.O.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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A tropical storm watch is in effect for the Leeward Islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Kitts.
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A tropical storm watch is in effect for the Leeward Islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Kitts.
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This week the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda charged a local businessman , Giancarlo Bettini, and his Antigua based offshore company Slyloft Inc. with breaching laws under the W.I.P.O.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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"The activities of Slyloft have a potential to impair the reputation of Antigua and Barbuda, generally, and more specifically, it's reputation in allowing a company incorporated here to breach the country's international treaty obligations and its domestic laws while yielding, to the country, very little benefits," Armstrong added.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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Writing in the Lancet medical journal, Knoll and colleague Christopher Murray said they found under-5 mortality is falling in every region of the world with increases in only Swaziland, Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea and Antigua and Barbuda.
Child Mortality Decreases Globally for Children Under Five | Impact Lab 2010
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This week the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda charged a local businessman with breaching laws under the W.I.P.O.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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This week the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda charged a local businessman , Giancarlo Bettini, and his Antigua based offshore company Slyloft Inc. with breaching laws under the W.I.P.O.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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"The activities of Slyloft have a potential to impair the reputation of Antigua and Barbuda, generally, and more specifically, it's reputation in allowing a company incorporated here to breach the country's international treaty obligations and its domestic laws while yielding, to the country, very little benefits," Armstrong added.
Carrie Crotty: Antiguan Businessman charged with Breaching Copyright Laws. Carrie Crotty 2011
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