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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island in the southern Atlantic Ocean northwest of St. Helena. Discovered by the Portuguese on Ascension Day in 1501, it was taken by the British in 1815 and has been administered by St. Helena since 1922.
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- proper noun An island in the
South Atlantic that is aBritish dependency ofSaint Helena .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Helena to Ascension Island, which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Helena to Ascension Island, which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Helena to Ascension Island, which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Helena to Ascension Island, which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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For instance, Fillmore the Sea Turtle, he's a green sea turtle, and he goes to this place called Ascension Island where real green sea turtles go to lay eggs.
unknown title 2009
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For instance, Fillmore the Sea Turtle, he's a green sea turtle, and he goes to this place called Ascension Island where real green sea turtles go to lay eggs.
unknown title 2009
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Furthermore, while St Helena is an extinct volcano, Ascension Island – the pivotal runway linking Britain and the Falklands – is only dormant.
Don't renege on your broken Sure Start pledge, Mr Cameron | Letters 2011
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Furthermore, while St Helena is an extinct volcano, Ascension Island – the pivotal runway linking Britain and the Falklands – is only dormant.
Don't renege on your broken Sure Start pledge, Mr Cameron | Letters 2011
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Or the subsequent refusal of US Secretary of State Alexander Haig to allow the UK to use an airfield on Ascension Island (UK territory) to refuel Vulcan bombers to bomb Argentinean runways in Port Stanley (UK territory).
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Or the subsequent refusal of US Secretary of State Alexander Haig to allow the UK to use an airfield on Ascension Island (UK territory) to refuel Vulcan bombers to bomb Argentinean runways in Port Stanley (UK territory).
Azeem Ibrahim: Another Nail in the Coffin of the Special Relationship 2010
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