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Martinique

mar·ti·ni·que

UK/ˌmɑː(ɹ)tɪˈniːk/ US/mɑrtɪˈnik/ rare

noun

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an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France

Origin

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours. The name is sometimes suggested to be a modification of a native Ta-Arawak (Taino or Kalinago) name Madinina (“island of flowers”) or Matinino (“island of women”).

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