Trinidad

(trin-e-dad',) [Sp., " the Trinity, "] the southernmost and one of the largest of the British W. India islands, belonging to the Caribbean group, and lyin gto the E. of the S. American continent, at the entrance of the Gulf of Paria, bet. N. Lat. 10° 3′-10° 50′, W. Lon. 61°-64° 4′, S. of Tabago. Length 90 m.; breadth about 35 m. Area, 1,754 sq. m. C. Port of Spain. Pop. 100,000. [s. 907]