Youth,Isle of

Youth,Isle of
Youth (yo͞oth), Isle of In Spanish Is·la de la Ju·ven·tud (ēsʹlä dĕ lä ho͞o-vĕn-to͞odʹ). Formerly Isle of Pines.
An island in the Caribbean Sea south of western Cuba. Discovered by Columbus in 1494, it was later a penal colony and a rendezvous for pirates. It was claimed by both the United States and Cuba until a 1925 treaty confirmed Cuba's sovereignty.

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