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New Providence

An island of the Bahamas in the West Indies. Nassau is on the island, which is a popular tourist resort.
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New Providence

n
(Placename) an island in the Atlantic, in the Bahamas. Chief town: Nassau. Pop: 210 832 (2000). Area: 150 sq km (58 sq miles)
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New` Prov′idence


n.
an island in the N Bahamas. 135,437; 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
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People will be transferred to the city of Nassau on New Providence Island. In Antigua and Barbuda the authorities have urged people not to go out and stop the electricity.
Series like Netflix's "Daredevil" and Starz's "Black Sails" also deal in augmented realities as they traverse New York and New Providence Island so superheroes and pirates can wage their wars.
My twin-centre trip had begun at the Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island on New Providence island close to the capital, Nassau.
The screen star, who lives on New Providence Island in the sundrenched paradise with wife Micheline, is expected to join the campaign before September 18.
While the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island is considered a landmark achievement, BahaMar, a $3.5 billion resort on New Providence Island, is due for completion in Dec.
* Rain and wind batter the waterfront as Hurricane Irene passes to the east of Nassau on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
DAMAGE A couple walk past a downed tree in their neighbourhood on New Providence Island DANGER A man walks where a wave sprays the street in Baracoa, Cuba, a house in the Moscu neighborhood of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic is under water and the waterfront as Hurricane Irene passes to the east of Nassau on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
Almost all the victims were Bahamian and the vast majority of the murders occurred on New Providence Island in Nassau neighbourhoods.
Investment company boss Hywel Jones, 55, was ambushed last April as he arrived for work on the outskirts of the city of Nassau on the tropical New Providence Island.
Following a honeymoon to New Providence Island in the Bahamas, the couple resides in Byhalia where the groom is an economic developer and the bride is an attorney.
Andros Island, the largest of the 700 islands and cays that make up the Bahamas, is just a 10-minute plane ride away from the mega-resorts, golf courses and party vibe of tourist-oriented New Providence Island. Quiet Andros supplies flesh water and workers to its high-profile neighbor, but has retained most of its natural resources and beauty.

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