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

  1. An island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
  2. An island group, including the island of Guadeloupe, constituting one of the overseas departments of France.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwa.dlup/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Guadeloupe f

  1. Guadeloupe

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Guadeloupe n

  1. 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; [...]
  2. Guadeloupe (overseas department)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Guadeloupe f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Guadalupe
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