Guadeloupe

From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura). Doublet of Guadalupe.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡwɑːdə.ˈluːp/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡwɑdə.ˈlʊp/, /ˌɡwɑːdə.ˈluːp/

Guadeloupe

1. An island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
2. An archipelago, an overseas department and region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.

• (island): island
• (overseas department): department

• Guadeloupean
• Guadeloupian

• Guadeloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maps of Guadeloupe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.dlup/, /ɡwa.də.lup/

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• Rhymes: -up

Guadeloupe f

1. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean)

• Guadeloupéen, Guadeloupéenne

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Guadeloupe n (proper noun, genitive Guadeloupes or (optionally with an article) Guadeloupe)

1. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean)
   • 1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, p. 219:

     Im Jahre 1865–1866 herrschte auf einem Theile der Insel Guadeloupe eine sehr mörderische Cholera-Epidemie, über deren Ursprung die Ansichten sehr getheilt sind; […]

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Guadeloupe f

1. Obsolete spelling of Guadalupe