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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of St. Kitts and Nevis, on St. Kitts Island in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.

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  • proper noun The capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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Examples

  • I had little sleep about this time, but whenever I _did_ slumber, it followed infallibly that I was quickly roused with a start, while the words "Basseterre,"

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • John, Paul, and I met on the dock and began the first true test of bovoscopophobia as we trudged alongside our humongous white cruise ship toward the small town of Basseterre.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • John, Paul, and I met on the dock and began the first true test of bovoscopophobia as we trudged alongside our humongous white cruise ship toward the small town of Basseterre.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • Then we went to Basseterre to look around and check out the PC office.

    St. Kitts Adventure 2009

  • We went to Basseterre on the other side of the island from where Caroline lives and met up with 2 of her friends to go south, onto the peninsula.

    St. Kitts Adventure 2009

  • Saint Kitts and Nevisname: Basseterre geographic coordinates: 17 18 N, 62 43 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

    Capital 2008

  • Capital: name: Basseterre geographic coordinates: 17 18 N, 62 43 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

    Saint Kitts and Nevis 2008

  • Basseterre,” “Guadaloupe,” seemed pronounced over my pillow, or ran athwart the darkness round and before me, in zigzag characters of red or violet light.

    Villette 2003

  • Basseterre, and Don Miguel, with the French sailor Duval, relieved

    The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

  • Basseterre started down into the waist to cast off all the sheets and halliards they could reach, letting everything fly; whereupon we drove before the wind and so escaped any mishap from this source, at all events!

    The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

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