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

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Guadeloupe

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

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

  1. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean)
    • 1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, p. 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; […]
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Guadeloupe

  1. Obsolete spelling of Guadalupe