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Isla de la Juventud

/ˌisla de la xubenˈtud/

proper noun/ˌisla de la xubenˈtud/

the Isle of Youth (an island and municipality of Cuba)

Synonyms: Isla de Pinos

Coined by Cuban politician Fidel Castro in 1978 as a reference to the purported revolutionisation of the island by the local youth. Castro had promised to rename the island in 1967.