ALL meanings of spanish main
Span·ish main
S s - noun spanish main (formerly) the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, especially the area between the mouth of the Orinoco River and the Isthmus of Panama. 1
- noun spanish main the Caribbean Sea: the route of the Spanish treasure galleons and a former haunt of pirates. 1
- noun spanish main the mainland of Spanish America, esp the N coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela 0
- noun spanish main the Caribbean Sea, the S part of which in colonial times was the route of Spanish treasure galleons and the haunt of pirates 0
- noun spanish main the coastal region of the Americas along the Caribbean Sea; esp., the N coast of South America between the Isthmus of Panama & the mouth of the Orinoco 0
- noun spanish main later, the Caribbean Sea itself, or that part of it adjacent to the N coast of South America, traveled in the 16th-18th cent. by Spanish merchant ships, which were often harassed by pirates 0