Guadeloupe
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English[edit]
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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɡwɑdə.ˈlʊp/, /ˌɡwɑːdə.ˈluːp/
Proper noun[edit]
Guadeloupe
- An island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
- An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (island): island
- (overseas department): department
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
island
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overseas department and region of France
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See also[edit]
Guadeloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maps of Guadeloupe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Guadeloupe f
- Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)
- Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)
Derived terms[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Guadeloupe n (proper noun, genitive Guadeloupes or (optionally with an article) Guadeloupe)
- Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)
- 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)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Guadeloupe [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Guadeloupe
- Obsolete spelling of Guadalupe
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