Guadeloupe

American  

[gwahd-l-oop] / ˌgwɑd lˈup /

noun

1. two islands Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1,179 sq. km). Basse-Terre.

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Guadeloupe British  

/ ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp /

noun

1. an overseas region of France in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, formed by the islands of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre and several offlying islands; in 2007 the island of Saint-Barthélemy and the part-island dependency of Saint-Martin were separated from Guadeloupe to become Overseas Collectivities directly subordinate to France. Capital: Basse-Terre. Pop: 405 500 (2007 est). Area: 1780 sq km (687 sq miles)

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Guadeloupe Cultural  

1. Island in the eastern portion of the West Indies; an overseas territory of France.

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Tourism is a major industry.

Example Sentences

Mr. Hazareesingh describes how Solitude, a pregnant, formerly enslaved woman in Guadeloupe, encouraged a group of people to fight back against the French soldiers sent by Napoleon in 1802 to reinstate slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Elsewhere, Lille needed an 80th-minute goal from Marius Broholm to get past fourth-division Creteil 1-0, while Lorient saw off AS Le Gosier of Guadeloupe 7-0 in a game played in a Paris suburb.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

His latest show, during men’s Paris fashion week, was inspired by the 1976 eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, where Frederic-Colombo is from.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Her other works included Windward Heights - which relocated Wuthering Heights to Cuba and Guadeloupe - as well as volumes of essays and autobiography.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

We anchor near the island of Guadeloupe, and Captain Newport takes several men ashore to explore.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone