Saint-Barthélemy

[san-bahr-teyl^uh-mee]

noun

1. Saint BartholomewSaint BartsSaint Barths, a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).

Saint-Barthélemy

/ sɛ̃barteɪleɪmɪ /

noun

1. an island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands, belonging to France (as a dependency of Guadeloupe until 2007, then as a separate French Overseas Collectivity). Capital: Gustavia. Pop: 6852 (1999 census). Area: 21 sq km (8.1 sq miles)

Example Sentences

It allocated more than $500 million in aid and subsidies in the first six months after the storm to the recovery and reconstruction of Saint-Martin and the smaller, nearby French island of Saint-Barthélemy, according to Sylvie Feucher, the French state’s top representative based in the two territories.

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A court in the port city ruled that the McDonald’s in the Saint-Barthélémy neighborhood, prized by its workers for providing an alternative to the area’s pervasive drug trade, could not be sold to a Middle Eastern foods operator, Hali Food, that the employees had never met.

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This week the top McDonald’s official for southern France, Sébastien Bordas, told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the only feature distinguishing the Saint-Barthélémy McDonald’s was “economic,” citing its losses.

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The object of their improbable affection is a squat low-rise box in the Saint-Barthélémy neighborhood, in the city’s far north, miles from the pastel-hued port.

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The neighbors of the Saint-Barthélémy McDonald’s — boxy, off-white, six-story cement housing projects with difficult reputations — are hardly more picturesque than the fast-food restaurant.

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