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Fort-de-France [fawr-duh-frahns] Examples noun
- a seaport on and the capital of Martinique, in the French West Indies.
Martinique [mahr-tn-eek] noun
- an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
Related formsMar·ti·ni·can [mahr-tn-ee-kuh n] /ˌmɑr tnˈi kən/, noun Examples from the Web for fort-de-france Historical Examples of fort-de-france
I cite part of one, taken down from the dictation of a common field-hand near Fort-de-France.
Two Years in the French West Indies
Lafcadio Hearn
Two months later the little capital of Fort-de-France was swept by the pestilence as by a wind of death.
Two Years in the French West Indies
Lafcadio Hearn
But, as soon as we heard the story, our captain told the engineer to get up full steam an’ make for Fort-de-France.
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
The steamer reached Fort-de-France in the evening, and the boy found the town, though ill-lighted, gay.
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
British Dictionary definitions for fort-de-france Fort-de-France noun
- the capital of Martinique, a port on the W coast: commercial centre of the French Antilles. Pop: 94 049 (1999 est)
Martinique noun
- an island in the E Caribbean, in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles: administratively an overseas region of France. Capital: Fort-de-France. Pop: 403 795 (2007 est). Area: 1090 sq km (420 sq miles)
fort-de-france in Culture Martinique [(mahrt-n-eek)]
Island in the eastern West Indies; an overseas part of France.