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Abaco and Cays , island group, c.780 sq mi (2,020 sq km), most northerly of the Bahamas. It includes Great Abaco (the largest), Little Abaco, and the surrounding cays. The low islands, composed mainly of coral limestone, have native pine forests. Fish and sponges are taken from surrounding waters. Great Abaco was settled by Loyalists from New York City in 1783.

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BAHAMAS, The. Official title Commonwealth of the Bahamas. A Caribbean country and member of the COMMONWEALTH, consisting of 700 islands and 2,000 cays. The islands have a mixture of English, Amerindian, Spanish, and Greek names, as in Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Bimini, Andros, Eleuthera, Cat Island, San Salvador, Great Exuma, Long Island, Acklins Island, Mayaguana, Great Inagua. Columbus visited the islands 1492. First European settlement 1647, by religious refugees from Bermuda. British colony 1717. Independence 1973. The term Bahamian English refers to a continuum of usage from creole to standard. It has been influenced by migration between the Bahamas and the US and by a tourist industry that caters mainly for Americans. Of all CARIBBEAN ENGLISH varieties, Bahamian English most closely follows AmE.

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Magazine article from: Yachting; 10/1/1985; ; 680 words ; ...equally serious. Regatta Time in Abaco, now in its eighth year, is a...translucent beauty of the Sea of Abaco to Man O' War Cay and Treasure Cay, and culminate...boat must be devised. The entire Abaco community turns to with a will...
AMBASSADOR ROOD READS AT ABACO SCHOOLS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/30/2007; 363 words ; ...children. The Ambassador visited Treasure Cay, Abaco, where he read to 290 students from Treasure Cay Primary and Cooper's Town Primary Schools...administration attended the event. The visit to Abaco marked the 53rd and 54th school Ambassador...
Loyalist settlement site located on Abaco in the Bahamas.
PR Newswire; 7/27/1984; 700+ words ; ...Albert Lowe Museum on Green Turtle Cay, a team of archeologists and historians...of the first Loyalist settlement on Abaco in The Bahamas. The Loyalists were...site, on the outskirts of Treasure Cay, Great Abaco, has the potential of being the Jamestown...
Abaco islands still safe harbors for the laid back
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/13/1989; ; 700+ words ; MAN-O-WAR CAY, Bahamas - Only the...cruise ship to call in the Abaco islands. Electricity...War and Green Turtle cays that transmission lines...A dozen or more small cays (pronounced "keys") are sprinkled off Great Abaco Island, most populated...minimal impact on Great Abaco. Poke among ...
Regatta time in Abaco. (column)
Magazine article from: Yachting; 10/1/1984; ; 700+ words ; ...Lodge, the Conch Inn, Treasure Cay Ltd., The William Brewer Co...course. The fourth, the Treasure Cay Race, moves the fleet from the...Turtle Cay. Regatta Time in Abaco culminates on July 4, Independence...great time--Regatta Time in Abaco!
LYIN' LOW IN ABACO IT'S SO FRIENDLY THAT THESE VISITORS FOUND THEMSELVES AT A WEDDING RECEPTION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/29/1998; ; 700+ words ; GREAT GUANA CAY, Bahamas -- Even the rushing...here at Nippers, Great Guana Cay's beach bar and grill, suddenly...melody called "Layin' Low in Abaco." The crowd began to swirl...of the so-called "Loyalist Cays" lying about 10 miles east of Marsh Harbor in the Abaco Group of the northeast ...
Bahamas: when the going gets tough and the water shallow, it's time to call in the fleet. (sailing the Abaco Islands)
Magazine article from: Yachting; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...button. I arrived in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco's largest town, in the middle of a...big billfish were caught off Walker's Cay at the north end of the Abaco chain; then Penny Turtle, an elegant...island settlements on Man Of War and Elbow cays. As the weather cleared I pored over...
FACING THE SEA OF ABACO; The pressure is off in the Bahamian village of Hope Town once the key lime pie is in hand and the fresh fish is in the pan.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/30/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...in our rented house on Elbow Cay, a narrow Bahamian out island...facing the aqua-colored Sea of Abaco. We arrived, as most visitors...capital of the large island of Abaco. From there we cabbed directly...for our first dinner to the Abaco Inn, long advertised in the...

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