Basse-Terre
Americannoun
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a mountainous island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, comprising part of Guadeloupe. Area: 848 sq km (327 sq miles)
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a port in W Guadeloupe, on Basse-Terre Island: the capital of the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe. Pop: 12 410 (1999)
Example Sentences
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A man was found dead on Saturday after his house was swept away by floods in the Basse-Terre district on Friday night, local authorities said on Saturday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2022
We spent an idyllic week on Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe’s eastern island, which is flat, dry and ringed with golden beaches, as compared with Basse-Terre, which is mountainous and dense with rain forests.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017
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
Emptied of human life, Basse-Terre now resembles the post-atomic spectacle of the movie On the Beach.
From Time Magazine Archive
The forests, confined to the island of Basse-Terre, are extensive and rich in valuable woods, but, being difficult of access, are not worked.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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