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Sanibel

Sanibel proper noun: a city on Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, United States. Also the ellipsis of Sanibel Island.

Proper noun

Sanibel

  1. A city on Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, United States.

Also used as

Sanibel is also the ellipsis of Sanibel Island.

Origin of Sanibel

From Spanish Sanibel, from San Nibel. from Santa Ybel, from santa+Isabella. From being named after Queen Isabella I of Castille and Saint Elizabeth (Santa Isabella), the mother of John the Baptist. The city is named after the island upon which it sits. From Spanish Puerto de Sanibel, from Puerto de San Nibel.

Questions about Sanibel

What does Sanibel mean?
Sanibel means a city on Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, United States.
What part of speech is Sanibel?
Sanibel is a proper noun.

Words near Sanibel in the dictionary

  1. Sanhita
  2. Sanhitas
  3. Sanho
  4. Sanhsia
  5. Sani
  6. Sanibel
  7. Sanibor
  8. sanicle
  9. sanicles
  10. Sanidhya
  11. sanidic

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