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Martinique

American  
[mahr-tn-eek] / ˌmɑr tnˈik /

noun

  1. an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1,100 sq. km). Fort-de-France.


Martinique British  
/ ˌmɑːtɪˈniːk /

noun

  1. an island in the E Caribbean, in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles: administratively an overseas region of France. Capital: Fort-de-France. Pop: 403 795 (2007 est). Area: 1090 sq km (420 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

Martinique Cultural  
  1. Island in the eastern West Indies; an overseas part of France.


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My colleague Chip Cutter says he’s found good availability, for example, on Delta and its partners from Martinique to Paris or Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

AFP reporters said they felt the tremors in the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

But as Mexico and the U.S. got better, playing group-play matches against the likes of Saint Kitts and Nevis or Martinique every other year ceased to be a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Martinique New York on Broadway is centrally located — just blocks from the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, and Koreatown — but somehow doesn’t feel overwhelming.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025

A French artist visiting the island of Martinique around the same time as Clark showed a row of African women and men preparing the ground.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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