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Culebra

Culebra

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An island near Puerto Rico that has beautiful beaches and clear water
  • proper noun
translation icon : Culebra
  • Culebra!
  • Culebra Island

I mean, in Culebra, I know building the Panama Canal.

Examples

  • Here is a slice of life on Culebra (a tiny island between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).

    Blog text (19)

  • As workers labored to raise high a hollow sculpture in Paris, tens of thousands of other laborers, including fifty thousand men from the West Indies, removed the earth of Panama, even attempting to level a 330-foot mountain at the Culebra Pass.

    Academic text (2003)

  • So as the Culebra Cut was made steadily broader at the top, its sides

    Academic text (2003)

  • We haven't started work on Culebra Cut.

    Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

  • President Roosevelt and General Goethals at Culebra Cut.

    Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

  • I've made no secret of how I will be voting today, here on Culebra.

    Blog text (19)

  • The Culebra brothers.

    MacGruber (2010)

  • No Culebra.

    El Gringo (2012)

  • Another illustration places a transparent pyramid over a skyscraper and some seventeen city blocks to indicate the amount of earth removed from the Culebra Cut alone.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Culebra is famous for its stunning beaches and crystal-clear waters.

Surface Forms

Culebra main

Etymology

Culebra comes from the Spanish word culebra, which means 'snake', because the island's long, curved shape and old stories made people think of a snake. So, remember Culebra as the 'snake' island.