Guadeloupe
English
Etymology
From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura.)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡwɑː.də.ˈluːp/
Proper noun
Guadeloupe
- An island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
- An island group, including the island of Guadeloupe, constituting one of the overseas departments of France.
Hypernyms
- (island): island
- (overseas department): department
Derived terms
Translations
island
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overseas department of France
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See also
Guadeloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Atlas of Guadeloupe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
German
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Guadeloupe n
- Guadeloupe (island)
- Hyponyms: Insel, Doppelinsel
- 1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, p. 219:
- Im Jahre 1865–1866 herrschte auf einem Theile der Insel Guadeloupe eine sehr mörderische Cholera-Epidemie, über deren Ursprung die Ansichten sehr getheilt sind; [...]
- Guadeloupe (overseas department)
Portuguese
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