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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, on the southern end of Basse-Terre Island in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.
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Examples
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The journey was scheduled as follows: leave le Prêcheur in Martinique on May 21st and go back to le Prêcheur on June 1st, after stops in the Caribbean islands of Dominica, les Saintes, Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre then Grande-Terre) and Antigua.
Global Voices in English » Caribbean: Following the path of the Caribs 2009
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In 1986 Basse-Terre still had untouched rain forest and lower montane rain forest.
Guadeloupe 2009
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Guadeloupe is an island group or archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called Salt-River), Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin).
Guadeloupe 2009
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Terrain: Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin.
Guadeloupe 2009
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Guadeloupe: Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin
France 2008
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In 1986 Basse-Terre still had untouched rain forest and lower montane rain forest.
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Guadeloupe: Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin
Terrain 2008
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I suspect we might hear the cheering all the way from the streets of Basse-Terre.
Miracle on Turf? 2007
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The most intense rainfall believed to have happened in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, on November 26, 1970.
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Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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