Guadeloupe

English

Etymology

From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura). Doublet of Guadalupe.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡwɑːdəˈluːp/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡwɑdəˈlʊp/, /ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp/

Proper noun

Guadeloupe

  1. An island at the northeastern edge of the Caribbean.
  2. An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of .

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French

Etymology

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwad.lup/, (rare) /ɡwa.də.lup/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -up

Proper noun

Guadeloupe f

  1. Guadeloupe (an island at the northeastern edge of the Caribbean)
  2. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of )

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: Gwadloup
  • Haitian Creole: Gwadloup

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Guadeloupe n (proper noun, genitive Guadeloupes or (optionally with an article) Guadeloupe)

  1. Guadeloupe (an island at the northeastern edge of the Caribbean)
  2. Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of )
    • 1869, Jahresbericht über die Leistungen und Fortschritte in der gesammten Medizin. III. Jahrgang. Bericht für das Jahr 1868. Zweiter Band, page 219:
      Im Jahre 1865–1866 herrschte auf einem Theile der Insel Guadeloupe eine sehr mörderische Cholera-Epidemie, über deren Ursprung die Ansichten sehr getheilt sind; […]
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Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Guadeloupe ?

  1. obsolete spelling of Guadalupe