St. Lucia
Americannoun
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one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
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an independent country comprising this island: a former British colony; gained independence 1979. 238 sq. mi. (616 sq. km). Castries.
Other Word Forms
- St Lucian adjective
Example Sentences
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Mitchell Airport in Bequia’s Paget Farm en route to St. Lucia, a popular tourist destination in the Caribbean, at 12:11 p.m. local time, police said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Airports, businesses, schools and offices closed on St. Lucia, Dominica, Martinique and other islands by midday.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
"After 21 days into the hurricane season an unusually early tropical system has emerged over the Atlantic as Tropical Storm Bret," St. Lucia Prime Minister Philip Pierre said on Wednesday.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023
Their small populations and limited ranges have made them “extremely susceptible to extinction,” warns Matthew Luskin, an ecologist at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2023
French fishermen were granted important rights in the Newfoundland fisheries, and Great Britain gave to France Dunkirk, St. Lucia and Tobago, Senegal, and Gorée, and certain recent conquests, and guarantees of commercial privileges in India.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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