Words similar to eleuthera
Example sentences for: eleuthera
How can you use “eleuthera” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Deveaux, a loyalist from South Carolina, sailed from Florida with six ships, picked up men and fishing boats at Harbour Island and Eleuthera, and “invaded” Nassau.
On Eleuthera the explorers dug a fresh-water well — at a spot now known as “Spanish Wells” — which was used to replenish the supplies of water on their ships before they began the long journey back to Europe with their cargoes of South American gold.
The longest unbroken island in the Bahamas, slender Eleuthera (pronounced “e-LOOTH-ra”) extends 100 miles (160 km) from north to south yet has many stretches that are barely half a mile (1 km) wide.
A few miles south of North Eleuthera Airport the island narrows to a rocky ridge just 80 ft (24 m) wide.
Before he died in Nassau in 1732 he had summoned the Bahamas’ first official Assembly, composed of 16 elected members for New Providence and four each for Harbour Island and Eleuthera.
Loading...