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Tortuga

Tortuga (tōrtōˈgä) [key] [Span., = turtle], island, c.70 sq mi (180 sq km), off N Haiti. It was a notorious rendezvous of pirates in the 17th cent. It is called Île de la Tortue by the Haitians.

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