| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Trinidad and To·ba·go |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t -b  g |
| A country of the southeast West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Venezuela. It comprises the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, which were formally united as a British colony in 1898 and became independent in 1962. Port of Spain, on Trinidad, is the capital. Population: 1,257,000.
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