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Juan Fer•nán•dez



Pronunciation: (wän fur-nan'dez, jOO'un; Sp. hwän' fer-nän'des), [key]
a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 mi. (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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