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Devil's island

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

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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