Saint Martin

noun

1. Dutch name: Sint Maarten. an island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: administratively divided since 1648, the north belonging to France (as a dependency of Guadeloupe until 2007, then as a separate French Overseas Collectivity) and the south belonging to the Netherlands (as part of the Netherlands Antilles); salt industry. Capital (French part): Marigot; (Dutch part): Philipsburg. Pop: (French) 36 824 (2009); (Dutch) 37 429 (2010 est). Areas: (French) 52 sq km (20 sq miles); (Dutch) 33 sq km (13 sq miles)

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Washington committed 14 turnovers and had difficulty keeping Saint Martin’s off the foul line.

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Washington and Saint Martin’s have met three times in exhibitions in the past 17 years.

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Saint Martin’s Island is a coral island, and the new MPA will help protect the country’s only coral reef.

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The private Saint Martin’s University and Walla Walla University have among the highest rates of Latino enrollment, and their K-12 school districts also reflect that population density.

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The storm previously passed over Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s Island, causing damage and injuring people, but turned away from the country’s shores before landfall.

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