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Definition of Trinidad

1. Noun. An island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.

Definition of Trinidad

1. Proper noun. An island of the Caribbean and part of Trinidad and Tobago. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trinidad

Literary usage of Trinidad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The first preachers of the Faith in Trinidad were Fathers Francisco de Cordova and Juan Garces, both Dominicans, who died at the hands of the Indians in ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"Pirates in the old times, whalers, treasure-seeking ad venturers, ill-fated colonists, in their turn have come to Trinidad and gone; the island seems ..."

3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"On the occurrence of gold and coal in Trinidad, with a brief sketch of the geological history ... On some fossil shells from Comparo road, Trinidad. Geol. ..."

4. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"SCOTT (J.) Early English Colonies in Trinidad, pp. 19. 1'ort of Spain, 1897. 8°. ... VERTEUIL (J. de) Essai sur l'agriculture de Ь Trinidad, pp. 240. ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"Petroleum Industry of Trinidad BY GEORGE A. MACREADY, Los ANGELES, CALIF. ... Point Fortin Field, operated by the United British Oilfields of Trinidad, ..."

6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"LOUISIANA and Trinidad are not the only colonies, the regeneration of which has been undertaken by modern Spain ; yet is there one at the extremity of Afia ..."

7. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"FISHES FROM SOUTH Trinidad ISLET. BY JOHN TREADWELL NICHOLS AND ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY. On April 8, 1913, during the course of the expedition to the island ..."

8. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"Shufeldt on Chapman's Birds of Trinidad.—To the Editors of THE AMERICAN NATURALIST ... 332, I find a review of a paper by me on Trinidad birds in which, ..."

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