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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑːtɪˈniːk/

Derived terms

• Martinican

Translations

Island and, overseas department and region of France

• Antillean Creole: Matinik f

  Martinican: Matnik f

• Arabic: مَارْتِينِيك‎ m (martinīk)
• Breton: Martinik
• Catalan: Martinica (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎹᏘᏂᎨ (matinige)
• Chinese:

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

• Corsican: Martinica f
• Danish: Martinique
• Dutch: Martinique (nl) n
• Esperanto: Martiniko
• Estonian: Martinique (et)
• Finnish: Martinique (fi)
• French: Martinique (fr) f
• Galician: Martinica f
• Georgian: მარტინიკა (marṭiniḳa)
• German: Martinique (de)
• Greek: Μαρτινίκα (el) f (Martiníka)
• Hindi: मार्तिनीक (mārtinīk)

• Hungarian: Martinique (hu)
• Island Carib: Madinina, Madiana
• Italian: Martinica f
• Japanese: マルティニーク (Marutinīku)
• Korean: 마르티니크 (Maleutinikeu)
• Latin: Martinica f
• Latvian: Martinika f
• Macedonian: Мартиник m (Martinik)
• Maori: Mātiniki
• Norman: Martinique f
• Occitan: Martinica f
• Papiamentu: Martinik
• Polish: Martynika (pl)
• Portuguese: Martinica (pt) f
• Romanian: Martinica f
• Russian: Мартини́ка f (Martiníka)
• Sardinian: Martinica f, Martinìca f
• Scots: Martinique
• Serbo-Croatian: Martinika f, Martinik m
• Spanish: Martinica (es) f
• Swedish: Martinique
• Volapük: Martinikeän (vo)
• West Frisian: Martinyk n

See also

• Martinique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Countries of the world

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtinik/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Martinique f

1. Martinique

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtiˈniːk/

Proper noun

Martinique ? (genitive Martinique)

1. Martinique

Swedish

Proper noun

Martinique n (genitive Martiniques)

1. Martinique