Gonaïves
Americannoun
-
Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
-
a seaport in W Haiti.
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
In a tweet, Henry thanked the bishop of Gonaïves and other church officials for doing their duty “despite the tense situation that reigned in the city.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
The streets of Gonaïves were largely empty and so was its cathedral, Saint-Charles-de-Boromé, for the traditional independence day celebrations.
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
