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San Juan Islands
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San Juan Islands
An archipelago of northwest Washington off the southeast coast of Vancouver Island north of Puget Sound. The islands were named c. 1790 by Spanish explorers and were later claimed by both Great Britain and the United States. The boundary dispute was finally settled in 1872.
San Juan Islands [sæn ˈwɑːn ˈhwɑːn]
pl n
(Placename) a group of islands between NW Washington, US, and SE Vancouver Island, Canada: administratively part of Washington
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