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

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Saint Lucia  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • St. Lucia

Note

  • an island in the West Indies

Scope note

  • An independent state in the West Indies. Its capital is Castries. It was probably discovered by Columbus in 1502 and first settled by the English in 1605. Contended for by the French and English in the 17th century, it was regarded as neutral in 1748 but changed hands many times in the wars of the 19th century. It became a self-governing state in association with Great Britain in 1967 and achieved independence in 1979. Columbus named it for the day on which he discovered it, the feast of St. Lucy, a Sicilian virgin martyr. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1051 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p477)

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