Straits of Juan de Fuca

A form of Strait of Juan de Fuca — A strait in the United States and Canada, that runs between the southern end of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Strait of Juan de Fuca.

    As soon as the Boat was hoisted in we made sail & pursued our course along shore till about noon when we enterd the famous Streights of Juan de Fuca.

    [1923 [1792 April 29], Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage, April to October, 1792, →OCLC, page 15
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    Active is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter commissioned in 1966 and homeported in Port Angeles, Washington. Active’s crew routinely operate from the Straits of Juan de Fuca down to the waters off Central America.

    2020 May 20, “Coast Guard offloads $37 million of cocaine in San Diego”, in United States Southern Command, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Straits of Juan de Fuca,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Straits%20of%20Juan%20de%20Fuca.

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