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

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 Semmes, Raphael

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

After we had been weeded out, interviewed and rigorously questioned, Norris had taken us into the hangar, waved a hand toward the Marie Galante and explained the details.

From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard

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