Gonaïves

[ French gaw-na-eev ]

noun

1. Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
2. a seaport in W Haiti.

Gonaïves

/ ɡɔnaiv /

noun

1. a port in W Haiti, on the Gulf of Gonaïves; scene of the proclamation of Haiti's independence (1804). Pop: 104 825 (2003)

Example Sentences

He made the journey from Les Gonaïves, Haiti's fourth largest city, which has been marred by gang violence for decades.

From BBC

Gangs have grown more powerful since his assassination, and Guterres said they now control or exercise influence over 80% of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and their violent activities have expanded especially to the central Artibonite Valley and the regions of major cities Gonaives in the northwest and Cap Hatien in the north.

From Seattle Times

According to local Haitian media outlet Vant Bef Info, on Thursday police officers in the capital Port-au-Prince and in the city of Gonaives took to the streets "in anger" and erected flaming barricades.

From BBC

Muscadin grew up in the seaside city of Gonaives, Haiti, and moved to the U.S. in 2006 to pursue basketball.

From Seattle Times

There were also protests in the western city of Gonaïves, where demonstrators stormed a court building, and in Cap-Haïtien, on Haiti's north coast.

From BBC