Juan Fernández

[wahn fer-nan-dez, joo-uhn; Sp. hwahn fer-nahn-des]

Juan Fer·nán·dez

[wahn fer-nan-dez, joo-uhn; Sp. hwahn fer-nahn-des]
noun
a group of three islands in the S Pacific, 400 miles (645 km) W of and belonging to Chile: Alexander Selkirk, the alleged prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was marooned here 1704.
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