MonaPassage

MonaPassage
Mo·na Passage (mōʹnə)
A strait between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic connecting the northern Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea. Mona Island, in the passage, was discovered by Columbus in 1493 and is today part of Puerto Rico.

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  • Mona — Mona. 1) Alter Name der engl. Insel Anglesey. 2) Antilleninsel in der Monapassage, zwischen Portoriko und Haiti, 3 4 E., seit 1898 den Ver. Staaten von Amerika gehörig …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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