Grande-Terre

American

[grahnd-ter] / grɑ̃dˈtɛr /

noun

Guadeloupe

Grande-Terre British

/ ɡrɑ̃dtɛr /

noun

a French island in the Caribbean, in the Lesser Antilles: one of the two main islands which constitute Guadeloupe. Chief town: Pointe-à-Pitre

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Similar scenes of devastation on Mayotte's other main island Grande-Terre greeted French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday morning as he arrived with four tonnes of food and health aid.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

The easternmost point of Grande-Terre, with a dramatic landscape and huge, crashing waves.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2018

We stayed in Gosier on Basse-Terre last year and just outside of St. Francois on Grande-Terre last month.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

Correction: our stay on Basse-Terre was in Deshaies, Le Gosier is on Grande-Terre.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

On Grande-Terre the highest elevation is only 450 ft., and this island is the seat of extensive sugar plantations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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