Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island in the West Indies off northern Haiti. It was a pirate refuge in the 1600s.
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Examples
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On the fourteenth of December he continued his voyage eastward, and on the fifteenth landed on the little island north of Hayti, which he called Tortuga, or Turtle island.
The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891
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Then the trip heads east into the mountains, on route you'll visit a coffee plantation, go river rafting and then hop in a boat at the end that takes you out to a remote national park on the Caribbean coast called Tortuga which is only reachable by boat or small plane.
PezCyclingNews.com 2009
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(Note: I found the decapitation of Tortuga from a Cousin’s machete lacking in the oomph department.
Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 3 “I.F.T.” is a Slow Burn and a Saucy Acronym | /Film 2010
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The window and glass people have been working through the buildings, and have basically finished making the repairs in Tortuga.
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Española and in Tortuga, which is also a large island, than in the others that were visited before.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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The next day the Spaniards discovered a number of headlands, and an islet, called Tortuga
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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Anyway -- parts of P of C were definitely taken from the ride -- there's one scene where they're in Tortuga which is exactly the ride -- wenches everywhere and food and pirates with cutlasses going in circles chasing the wenches and the food --
readersguide Diary Entry readersguide 2003
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Though not as gripping as "Tortuga," the new play keeps you wondering how things will turn out.
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Despite its strengths, the play never truly crackles the way "Tortuga" did at the Asolo two years ago.
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First you molest the Dutch, who are our friends; next you take prisoners two persons that are French, your own countrymen; and now, faith, they're no less than the children of the Governor of Tortuga, which is the one safe place of shelter that we enjoy in these islands .... "
Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912
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