martinique

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An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique
{i} island in the West Indies (in the Caribbean Sea)
a mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea, which is a dependency of France. Population: 400,000 (1995). Capital: Fort-de-France. Island (pop., 2002 est.: 386,000) of the Windward Islands, West Indies, and overseas department of France. It is 50 mi (80 km) long and 22 mi (35 km) wide and occupies an area of 436 sq mi (1,128 sq km). Largely mountainous, its highest point, Mount Pelée, is an active volcano. Its capital is Fort-de-France. Tourism is the basis of its economy. Carib Indians, who had ousted earlier Arawak inhabitants, resided on the island when Christopher Columbus visited it in 1502. In 1635 a Frenchman established a colony there, and in 1674 it passed to the French crown. The British captured and held the island from 1762 to 1763 and occupied it again during the Napoleonic Wars, but each time it was returned to France. Made a department of France in 1946, it remained under French rule despite a communist-led independence movement in the 1970s
an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
martinique

    Hyphenation

    Mar·ti·nique

    Turkish pronunciation

    märtînik

    Pronunciation

    /märtəˈnēk/ /mɑːrtɪˈniːk/

    Etymology

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