Marie Galante

American  

[ma-ree ga-lahnt] / ma ri gaˈlɑ̃t /

noun

1. an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).

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Marie Galante British  

/ mari ɡalɑ̃t /

noun

1. an island in the E Caribbean southeast of Guadeloupe, of which it is a dependency. Chief town: Grand Bourg. Pop: 12 488 (1999). Area: 155 sq km (60 sq miles)

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Marie Galante

A parliamentary undersecretary located the French Atlantic island of Marie Galante as "near Tahiti," which is in the Pacific.

From Time Magazine Archive

I mean that the Marie Galante has not once left Earth, has not in fact left the spot of its moorings but has merely gone forward in time.

From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard

In 1825 a hurricane destroyed the town of Basse-Terre, and Grand Bourg in Marie Galante suffered a like fate in 1865.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

At the capture of the island of Guadaloupe, he was severely wounded, but owing to his gallant conduct was promoted to the rank of major, and appointed governor of the island of Marie Galante.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

Norris had given orders to return to the Marie Galante, and the rest of us were sullenly making ready to start the back trail.

From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard