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Fort-de-France

American  
[fawr-duh-frahns] / fɔr dəˈfrɑ̃s /

noun

  1. a seaport on and the capital of Martinique, in the French West Indies.

Fort-de-France British  
/ fɔrdəfrɑ̃s /

noun

  1. the capital of Martinique, a port on the W coast: commercial centre of the French Antilles. Pop: 94 049 (1999 est)

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On Tuesday Fort-de-France Mayor Didier Laguerre acknowledged that people in Martinique - a territory of 350,000 people - were struggling: “I understand the suffering and anger.”

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

The fleet is due to arrive in Fort-de-France, Martinique, around Nov. 25.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2021

Texaco takes its name from the shantytown they construct after the war, a sprawl of crate-wood hutches hard by the oil tanks that fuel the capital city of Fort-de-France.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2015

I was schooled during a tour of La Favorite, near the island’s capital, Fort-de-France.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2014

He goes to Fort-de-France, to Toulon, to Loriet, to Crimea, to Constantinople.

From Dreams by Slosson, Edwin E.

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