[
US
/mɑɹtɪˈnik/
]
NOUN
- an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
How To Use Martinique In A Sentence
- Then came an invitation to Martinique , an island in the French Caribbean. It was chance of a lifetime.
- He doesn't look that nice, Mr Césaire, on this stamp which will be issued on April 17th in Continental France, but also on April 17th and 18th in Fort-de-France, in Martinique. Global Voices in English » Martinique: Celebrating Aimé Césaire
- Then came an invitation to Martinique , an island in the French Caribbean. It was chance of a lifetime.
- He was stirred by Charles de Gaulle's broadcasts on behalf of the French resistance, which were reaching Martinique from neighbouring islands.
- At night, party-goers dance the beguine, which was born in Martinique and reveals the islands soul.
- Then came an invitation to Martinique , an island in the French Caribbean. It was chance of a lifetime.
- Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm. Dean knocked out power on the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique. At least three deaths are being blamed on the storm.
- In Martinique, Baroness Tascher had adopted me, and at her house I first met her niece the vicomtesse Rose de Beauharnais. THE DIAMOND
- People from Guadeloupe, as well as Martinique and French Guyana, defiantly feel that they are second-class citizens, living in a colony rather than an "arrondissement" of Paris. Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines
- Okay, I just went and looked it up, and apparently a "beguine" is "a dance in bolero rhythm that originated in Martinique," and I'm sorry, James Robinson, but I'm going to have to call bullshit on that one until I see a flashback sequence where Lois and Clark get Jimmy a Word-A-Day calendar for Christmas. Chris's Invincible Super-Blog