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.
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“Our medical system would basically collapse without them,” St. Lucia Prime Minister Philip Pierre said after receiving the Trump administration’s inquiry last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Skylie Shore was recently traveling with a friend from Boston to St. Lucia, with a layover in Miami.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Mitchell Airport in Bequia’s Paget Farm en route to St. Lucia at 12:11 p.m. local time, according to the report, then “experienced difficulties and plummeted into the ocean.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
A hurricane watch was issued for St. Lucia and local forecasters warned of a potential direct hit.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
The little girls whom we watched that morning as they patted and smoothed the much-enduring pate told us, kissing the marble eyes, that this was a statue of St. Lucia, which it certainly is not.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
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