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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Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The Marie Galante was a cruiser-type ship, stripped down to essentials to maintain speed, but equipped with the latest of everything.

From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard

Between 1648 and 1656 settlements were made on St. Martin, St. Bartholomew, St. Croix, The Saints, Marie Galante, St. Lucia, and Granada, and by 1664 the French flag floated over fourteen of the Antilles.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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

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

From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard