Associations to the word «Anguilla»

Wiktionary

ANGUILLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Anguillidae   — a type of eel.
ANGUILLA, proper noun. A British overseas territory in the Caribbean.

Dictionary definition

ANGUILLA, noun. A British colony in the West Indies.
ANGUILLA, noun. Type genus of the Anguillidae: eels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats