Gonaïves

American  

[gaw-na-eev] / gɔ naˈiv /

noun

1. Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.

2. a seaport in W Haiti.

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Gonaïves British  

/ ɡɔnaiv /

noun

1. a port in W Haiti, on the Gulf of Gonaïves; scene of the proclamation of Haiti's independence (1804). Pop: 104 825 (2003)

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Example Sentences

According to local Haitian media outlet Vant Bef Info, on Thursday police officers in the capital Port-au-Prince and in the city of Gonaives took to the streets "in anger" and erected flaming barricades.

From BBC

Muscadin grew up in the seaside city of Gonaives, Haiti, and moved to the U.S. in 2006 to pursue basketball.

From Seattle Times

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

Tens of thousands of people recently marched in Port-au-Prince and beyond, including the cities of Gonaives and Cap-Haitien in the north.

From Seattle Times

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