[kas-treez, -trees, kah-stree] 
| a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast. 45,000. |
[loo-shuh, -see-uh] | 1. | one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies. |
| 2. | an independent country comprising this island: a former British colony; gained independence 1979. 159,639; 238 sq. mi. (616 sq. km). Capital: Castries. |
| Cas·tries (käs'trēz', -trēs') The capital of St. Lucia, in the Windward Islands of the British West Indies. It was founded by the French in 1650. Population: 12,400. |
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