Saint Helena

/ ˌsɛntɪˈliːnə /

noun

a volcanic island in the SE Atlantic, forming a UK Overseas Territory with its dependencies Tristan da Cunha and Ascension, and the uninhabited Gough, Inaccessible, and Nightingale Islands: discovered by the Portuguese in 1502 and annexed by England in 1651; scene of Napoleon's exile and death. Capital: Jamestown. Pop: 4255 (2013 est). Area: 122 sq km (47 sq miles)

Napoleon in Saint-Helena is charmed with the genial veracity of old Homer.

The whole neighbourhood of Mount Saint Helena is full of sulphur and of boiling springs.

The whole neighbourhood of Mount Saint Helena, now so quiet and sylvan, was once alive with mining camps and villages.

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