Devil's Island

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Etymology

Devil or devil and island

  • (Bermuda): Calque from Portuguese. From the calls of the cahow (“Bermuda petrel”), mistaken for calls of ghosts and spirits
  • (French Guiana): Calque of French Île du Diable From the notorious conditions on the penal exile island

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Devil's Island

  1. (historical) Former name of Bermuda: an archipelago of North America in the Atlantic.
    Synonyms: Isle of Devils, Isles of Devils, Devil's Islands
  2. A former settlement, a penal colony in Devil's Island, Salvation Islands, Kourou, French Guyana, South America in the Caribean.
  3. An island of the Salvation Islands, Caribbean, Atlantic.

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