Barbu'da, a West Indian island 30 miles N. of Antigua, of which it is a dependency. It is 10 miles long by 8 broad, with an area of 75 sq. m., and a pop. of 900. The island—a reef-surrounded coral island—is fertile, but the greater part of the interior is a dense forest.
Barbu'da
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 731
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