Aguadilla
a seaport in NW Puerto Rico.
Historical Examples
On the evening of the following day we land in a boat at Aguadilla—a small watering-place on the coast of Porto Rico.
The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Walter Goodman
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