Martinique

English

Etymology

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours, possibly influenced by the native name Madinima.

Proper noun

Martinique

1. An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.

Derived terms

• Martinican

Translations

Department of Martinique

• Antillean Creole: Matinik
• Arabic: مَارْتِينِيك‎ m (martinīk)
• Breton: Martinik
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬提尼克 (zh), 马提尼克 (zh) (Mǎtíníkè)

• Danish: Martinique
• Dutch: Martinique (nl)
• Esperanto: Martiniko
• Estonian: Martinique (et)
• Finnish: Martinique (fi)
• French: Martinique (fr) f
• Georgian: მარტინიკა (marṭiniḳa)
• German: Martinique (de)
• Greek: Μαρτινίκα (el) f (Martiníka)
• Hungarian: Martinique (hu)

• Italian: Martinica
• Japanese: マルティニーク島 (Marutinīku-tō)
• Korean: 마르티니크 (Mareutinikeu)
• Latvian: Martinika f
• Macedonian: Мартиник m (Martinik)
• Maori: Mātiniki
• Norman: Martinique f
• Occitan: Martinica f
• Polish: Martynika (pl)
• Portuguese: Martinica (pt)
• Romanian: Martinica f
• Russian: Мартини́ка f (Martiníka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Martinika f, Martinik m
• Spanish: Martinica (es)
• Swedish: Martinique
• Volapük: Martinikeän (vo)

See also

• Martinique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ti.nik/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Martinique f

1. Martinique

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Swedish

Proper noun

Martinique

1. Martinique