Guadeloupe

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura). Doublet of Guadalupe.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡwɑːdə.ˈluːp/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡwɑdə.ˈlʊp/, /ˌɡwɑːdə.ˈluːp/

Proper noun[edit]

Guadeloupe

  1. An island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
  2. An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

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Guadeloupe f

  1. Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)
  2. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)

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Guadeloupe n (proper noun, genitive Guadeloupes or (optionally with an article) Guadeloupe)

  1. Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)
  2. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)
    • 1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, page 219:
      Im Jahre 1865–1866 herrschte auf einem Theile der Insel Guadeloupe eine sehr mörderische Cholera-Epidemie, über deren Ursprung die Ansichten sehr getheilt sind; […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Guadeloupe

  1. Obsolete spelling of Guadalupe