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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A British-administered island in the southern Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Horn. Entirely barren and largely covered with glaciers, it was claimed by Capt. James Cook in 1775.
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- proper noun An island in the southern
Atlantic Ocean , part ofSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , a British-owned territory.
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Examples
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She called the South Georgia native an advocate for faculty and students.
ajc.com - News 2009
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Also on the high end is a 24-night study cruise of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and a nearby island called South Georgia for around $14,000 per person.
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Since 1929, Vandy Boyd and his family have been serving some of South Georgia's best chopped pork at Vandy's Barbecue .
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Argentina increased its claims of sovereignty over the Falklands, as well as South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, following the start of oil and gas exploration last year by London-listed oil-and-gas exploration companies Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd., Rockhopper Exploration PLC, and Desire Petroleum PLC.
Mercosur to Block Ports to Falklands Ships Shane Romig 2011
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A century ago it would have been tough for anyone visiting South Georgia, a frigid British-administered island in the South Atlantic, to distinguish a whale scientist from an actual whaler.
The Cetacean Century Jennie Erin Smith 2012
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A waterskiing elephant whose unique talent garnered her international fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s has died in the sourthern US.Queenie was put to sleep earlier this week at the age of 59 after her health deteriorated, according to the theme park in South Georgia where she spent her retirement from performing.
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I've been in town for nine years, and even before that, I was playing the bar band scene in South Georgia for a long time.
Mike Ragogna: The Hit Men Hit Christmas (Exclusive Audio), Chatting With Ricky Scaggs and Kip Moore, Plus Billy Joel's Box Mike Ragogna 2011
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In February 2010, Argentina began requiring ships sailing to or from the Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands to seek permission if they want to travel through Argentine waters.
Mercosur to Block Ports to Falklands Ships Shane Romig 2011
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I've been in town for nine years, and even before that, I was playing the bar band scene in South Georgia for a long time.
Mike Ragogna: The Hit Men Hit Christmas (Exclusive Audio), Chatting With Ricky Scaggs and Kip Moore, Plus Billy Joel's Box Mike Ragogna 2011
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But on the mainland, the conviction that the Falkland and nearby South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands are rightfully Argentine is universally agreed upon.
Argentina Blasts Prince William Falklands Tour Shane Romig 2012
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