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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Carl Richard Jacobi

After a small engagement at Dominica, Admiral Rodney by a skillful ruse brought on a battle with the French between Guadeloupe, Saintes and Marie Galante.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

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 J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

All the way back to the Marie Galante, I sought to soothe him, but he was a man possessed.

From The Long Voyage by Carl Richard Jacobi

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