Fort-de-France
a seaport on and the capital of Martinique, in the French West Indies.
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How to use Fort-de-France in a sentence
But, as soon as we heard the story, our captain told the engineer to get up full steam an' make for Fort-de-France.
Plotting in Pirate Seas | Francis Rolt-WheelerThe steamer reached Fort-de-France in the evening, and the boy found the town, though ill-lighted, gay.
Plotting in Pirate Seas | Francis Rolt-WheelerThere were not so many idle people here, to be awakened from their noon-tide slumbers, by the katydid, as in Fort de France.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States | Raphael SemmesWhilst we were still at Fort de France, a rather startling piece of intelligence reached us.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States | Raphael SemmesA beautiful statue of her stands in the square at Fort de France where our refugees are encamped.
She Buildeth Her House | Will Comfort
British Dictionary definitions for Fort-de-France
/ (French fɔrdəfrɑ̃s) /
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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