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Tortuga

Tortuga proper noun: an island forming part of Haiti.

Proper noun

Tortuga

  1. An island forming part of Haiti.

Origin of Tortuga

From Spanish Tortuga, from tortuga (“tortoise”), from the resemblance of the outline of the island to the back of a tortoise.

Questions about Tortuga

What does Tortuga mean?
Tortuga means an island forming part of Haiti.
What part of speech is Tortuga?
Tortuga is a proper noun.

Words near Tortuga in the dictionary

  1. tortricine
  2. tortricines
  3. tortrix
  4. tortrixes
  5. torts
  6. Tortuga
  7. tortulous
  8. tortuose
  9. tortuosities
  10. tortuosity
  11. tortuous

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