Proper noun
Espiritu (plural Espiritus)
A surname from Spanish.
At dawn US aircraft from Henderson Field, USS, and Espiritu Santo found the damaged battleship and two destroyers in the area. Source: Internet
Seventeen SBDs and 20 Wildcats at Espiritu Santo were quickly flown to Henderson and U.S. Army and Marine transport aircraft began to shuttle aviation gasoline from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal. Source: Internet
Quirós in 1606 took possession for the king of Spain all of the lands he had discovered in Australia del Espiritu Santo (the New Hebrides ) and those he would discover "even to the Pole". Source: Internet
Tension with Fiji On 11 March 2005, Vanuatu imposed a ban in biscuit imports, ostensibly to protect its own biscuit manufacturing industry, giving a monopoly on the business to the Espiritu Santo -based Wong Sze Sing store. Source: Internet
The first European to sight the river was Vasco da Gama, who anchored off its mouth in 1498 and named it Espiritu Santo River. Source: Internet
The first squadrons to use the Corsair were 20 and 21 Squadrons on Espiritu Santo island, operational in May 1944. Source: Internet