: MeSH: Martinique

Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > Martinique

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Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Martinique

Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > Martinique

Martinique

An island in the Lesser Antilles, one of the Windward Islands. Its capital is Fort-de-France. It was discovered by Columbus in 1502 and from its settlement in 1635 by the French it passed into and out of Dutch and British hands. It was made a French overseas department in 1946. One account of the name tells of native women on the shore calling "Madinina" as Columbus approached the island. The meaning was never discovered but was entered on early charts as Martinique, influenced by the name of St. Martin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p734 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p339)

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