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Fort-de-France

American

[fawr-duh-frahns] / fɔr dəˈfrɑ̃s /

noun

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

Fort-de-France British

/ fɔrdəfrɑ̃s /

noun

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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Fort-de-France

Unrest in Martinique broke out on 1 September, prompting protests and roadblocks and a curfew in the capital Fort-de-France.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

To the latter class belong certain girls employed by the great bakeries of Fort-de-France and St. Pierre: these are veritable caryatides.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

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