Grande-Terre

[ French grahnd-ter ]

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noun

Grande-Terre

/ ɡrɑ̃dtɛr /

a French island in the Caribbean, in the Lesser Antilles: one of the two main islands which constitute Guadeloupe. Chief town: Pointe-à-Pitre

Oh, I don't mean that forge he ran in town, but his establishment at Grande Terre.

On Grande-Terre the highest elevation is only 450 ft., and this island is the seat of extensive sugar plantations.

Le Moule (10,378) on the east coast of Grande-Terre does a considerable export trade in sugar, despite its poor harbour.

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