Grande-Terre

American

[grahnd-ter] / grɑ̃dˈtɛr /

noun

Guadeloupe

Grande-Terre British

/ ɡrɑ̃dtɛr /

noun

a French island in the Caribbean, in the Lesser Antilles: one of the two main islands which constitute Guadeloupe. Chief town: Pointe-à-Pitre

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Similar scenes of devastation on Mayotte's other main island Grande-Terre greeted French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday morning as he arrived with four tonnes of food and health aid.

From BBC

The easternmost point of Grande-Terre, with a dramatic landscape and huge, crashing waves.

From Washington Post

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

Unlike Grande-Terre, the Basse-Terre landscape is cooler, greener and less inhabited.

From New York Times

An eruption of the 4,813-foot La Soufrière volcano on its southern end in 1976 resulted in an evacuation, with many families moving permanently to Grande-Terre.

From New York Times

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