Svensk definition
Ö i Små Antillerna i Västindien. Den är ett franskt departement. Ytan är 1100 km2, och folkmängden uppgår till ca 400 000 invånare (2006). Huvudstad är Fort-de-France.
Martinique
Martinique
Engelsk definition
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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