Pointe-à-Pitre
Americannoun
noun
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Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she left to study in Paris in 1953, eventually earning a Ph.D. in comparative literature at the Sorbonne.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2023
Jean-Michel Jumez, a local French official, said the storm has caused minimal damage around Pointe-à-Pitre, the administrative center of Guadeloupe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 20, 2017
The pink-tinged sky was darkening, and the air was warm and humid when my husband, Bruce, and I landed last February in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, the French Caribbean island.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017
Guadeloupe’s cuisine has character, taste and subtle flavors, said Babette de Rozières, a Pointe-à-Pitre native and the owner and chef of restaurants in Paris, St.-Tropez and Guadeloupe.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017
And it’s just in time for Memorial ACTe in Guadeloupe, one of the world’s largest centers dedicated to the memory and history of slave trade, which opened last July in Pointe-à-Pitre.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2016
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