Gonaïves
Americannoun
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Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
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a seaport in W Haiti.
noun
Example Sentences
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There were also protests in the western city of Gonaïves, where demonstrators stormed a court building, and in Cap-Haïtien, on Haiti's north coast.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2022
Protests spread across this Caribbean nation, from the beleaguered capital to the ordinarily tranquil cities of Gonaïves in the north and Jérémie in the southwest.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Henry referred to the incident in a tweet by thanking the bishop of Gonaïves for having held the mass “despite the tense situation that was prevailing in the city.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
When Duvalier is buried, there will be many conversations in the streets and homes of Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, and Gonaïves, but also in those of Brooklyn, Miami, Montreal, Cayenne, the Bahamas, Guadeloupe, and Paris.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2014
Cocherel, a planter of Gonaïves, had a slave who played upon the violin.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
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