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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

martinique

/mɑɹtɪˈnik/

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What does martinique mean?

proper noun

  1. An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.

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/mɑɹtɪˈnik/

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The great eruption of the volcano in St. Vincent's did not occasion an earthquake at Martinique or Guadaloupe.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
The appalling desolation of St. Pierre, in the French island of Martinique, cannot be imagined without having been seen.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
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They had about three thousand French troops on board, and fifteen hundred Spanish: six hundred were under orders, expecting them at Martinique, and one thousand at Guadaloupe.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
In the seventeenth century Guadaloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and Barbadoes suffered from epidemics of yellow fever.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747