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

St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, and the Saintes surrendered in April, but after struggles which showed that the Republicans, backed by mulattoes and blacks, were formidable foes.

From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose

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

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 Herbert Eugene Bolton

In the afternoon of the same day, we made the islands, first of Marie Galante, and then of Guadeloupe, and the Saints.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes