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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > Martinique
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Martinique
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Martinique
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > Martinique

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Martinique  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Note

  • an island in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies

Scope note

  • An island in the Lesser Antilles, one of the Windward Islands. Its capital is Fort-de-France. It was discovered by Columbus in 1502 and from its settlement in 1635 by the French it passed into and out of Dutch and British hands. It was made a French overseas department in 1946. One account of the name tells of native women on the shore calling "Madinina" as Columbus approached the island. The meaning was never discovered but was entered on early charts as Martinique, influenced by the name of St. Martin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p734 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p339)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008395

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