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Guantanamo Bay   /gwˌɑntˈɑnəmˌoʊ beɪ/   Listen
Guantanamo Bay

noun
1.
An inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903.





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... a curious fact that the United States Navy had really been a warm-weather navy. The ships were sent south in winter for drills and target practice, usually in Guantanamo Bay; in the spring they engaged in manoeuvres off the Virginia Capes, and in summer went to Newport, Provincetown, and other New England points. Again, life in a destroyer on the wintry Atlantic was not the most comfortable life in the world. There were cold fogs, icy winds and fearful storms ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry


Words linked to "Guantanamo Bay" :   bay, embayment


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